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Albicore [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A marine fish, like a tunny, noted for following ships.

Albicore [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.