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Dolphinfish   Listen
noun
dolphinfish  n.  Either of two large slender food and game fish (Coryphaena equisetis or Coryphaena hippurus) of warm waters. They are highly esteemed as food fish, especially in Hawaii, where they are usually referred to as mahimahi. See also dolphin 2.
Synonyms: dolphin, mahimahi.






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"Dolphinfish" Quotes from Famous Books



... south and longitude 139 degrees 32' west, I spotted Martin Point on Nuku Hiva, chief member of this island group that belongs to France. I could make out only its wooded mountains on the horizon, because Captain Nemo hated to hug shore. There our nets brought up some fine fish samples: dolphinfish with azure fins, gold tails, and flesh that's unrivaled in the entire world, wrasse from the genus Hologymnosus that were nearly denuded of scales but exquisite in flavor, knifejaws with bony beaks, yellowish ...
— 20000 Leagues Under the Seas • Jules Verne



Words linked to "Dolphinfish" :   saltwater fish, Coryphaena hippurus, percoidean, Hawaii, Hawai'i, mahimahi, dolphin, percoid, percoid fish, Aloha State, hi



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