tuna/camel etymology of the day

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OED:

[a. Pg. albacor, -bacora, -becora (Sp. albacora, Fr. albicore); f. Arab. al the + bukr, pl. bakārat, a young camel, a heifer, whence also Pg. bacoro a young pig. The Fr. form albicore is also in use.]

Comments

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

huh. interesting.

now i am wondering whether there's any way baccarat is related to camels too; looking it up online only comes with "french, unknown etymology".

[meerkat299.livejournal.com]

So "Chicken of the Sea" is wrong, it should be "Camel of the Sea".