A type of long-finned tuna or related large fish species, possibly from Mediterranean or Atlantic waters.
From Latin ala (wing) + longa (long), possibly referring to the long fins of certain tuna species. May derive from old European fish-trade terminology.
The scientific name of the long-finned albacore tuna is Thunnus alalunga—so 'alalonga' might be the original Latinized name that preceded modern scientific naming!
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