Common name of Thunnus albacares
 
Common name Albacora de lage
Language Portuguese
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Brazil
Locality
Ref. Collette, B.B. and C.E. Nauen, 1983
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core plant
1st modifier inanimate object
2nd modifier
Remarks Albacora = tuna or fig that appears before it is time to come (Ferreira, 1999) + lage (var. of laje) = structure used in roofs or floors; also referred in Carvalho & Branco (1977) for Northeastern Brazil (Ref. 38265).
 
Entered by Binohlan, Crispina B.
Modified by Sampang-Reyes, Arlene G.
Checked by Freire, Katia de Meirelles Felizola
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