Al"bi*core (?), n. [F. albicore (cf.
Sp. albacora, Pg. albacor, albacora, albecora),
fr. Ar. bakr, bekr, a young camel, young cow, heifer, and the
article al: cf. Pg. bacoro a little pig.] (Zoöl.)
A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp.
Orcynus alalonga. One species (Orcynus thynnus), common in
the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the horse
mackerel; the tunny. [Written also albacore.]