Monday, February 1, 2010

#32 albacore

albacore- tuna, from warm regions of Atlantic and Pacific, very long pectoral fins and valued food fish

-C16 Portuguese albacor, from Arabic albakrah- young camel

Interesting word etymology! The hump of the camel like a pectoral fin?

He did caution about avoiding shark, albacore, swordfish, king mackerel and tile fish, as they can contain high levels of mercury.

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