orcynus alalonga

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orcynus alalonga - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Albacore \Al"ba*core\, n. (Zool.)
     A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family
     (Scombridae), esp. Thunnus alalunga (formerly Orcynus alalonga
     ); it is a type of tuna or tunny. The name has been
     also applied to a larger related species, Thunnus thynnus
     (formerly Orcynus thynnus), common in the Mediterranean and
     Atlantic, which is called in New England the horse mackerel
     . [formerly spelled albicore.]
     [1913 Webster +PJC]