Ăl'bi-cōre, n.

n. [Fr. albicore, Sp. albacora, Pg. albacor, albacora, albicora, from Ar. bakr, bekr, a young camel, a young cow, heifer, and the article al, q. v.; Pg. bacoro, a little pig.] (Ichth.) A large fish of the mackerel family, common in the Mediterranean, and known in New England as the horse mackerel; the bonito.