noun
1. the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii)
• Syn: ↑mahimahi
• Regions: ↑Hawaii, ↑Hawai'i, ↑Aloha State, ↑HI
• Hypernyms: ↑saltwater fish
2. large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
• Regions: ↑Hawaii, ↑Hawai'i, ↑Aloha State, ↑HI
• Hypernyms: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid, ↑percoidean
• Hyponyms: ↑Coryphaena hippurus, ↑Coryphaena equisetis
• Member Holonyms: ↑Coryphaenidae, ↑family Coryphaenidae
• Part Meronyms: ↑mahimahi
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun : dolphin 2
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/dol"fin fish', dawl"-/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) dolphinfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) dolphinfishes.
dolphin (def. 2).
[1505-15; DOLPHIN + FISH]
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dolˈphinfish see above.
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Main Entry: ↑dolphin
Useful english dictionary. 2012.