albie

Clipping of false albacore +‎ -ie.

albie (plural albies)

1. (colloquial) A false albacore.
   • 2021, Corey Pollnow, “How to Catch Albies”, in On The Water‎:

     A pelagic fish, albies have streamlined bodies, and are built to attack prey in short bursts of speed.

• (Euthynnus alletteratus):, little tunny, false albacore, little tuna

Inherited from Vulgar Latin alvea or albea, from Latin alveus (“channel or bed of a river”). Alternatively, formed as a new singular from the plural of an original Romanian masculine form *albiu.[1] Compare Lombard albio, Venetian albio, albi, Tarantino albi, Piedmontese arbi, French auge.

albie f (plural albii)

1. riverbed
2. trough

• albier
• albioară
• albină

• căpistere