COBIA

Meaning of COBIA in English

[ 'kəʊbɪə ]

■ noun ( plural same) a large edible game fish living in the open ocean. [ Rachycentron canadum .]

Origin

C19: of unknown origin.

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COBIA — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1873 a large bony fish ( Rachycentron canadum of the family Rachycentridae) of warm …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COBIA — Swift-moving, slim marine game fish ( Rachycentron canadum ), the only member of the family Rachycentridae. Found in most warm …
Английский словарь Британика
COBIA — ˈkōbēə noun also ca·bio ˈkäbē(ˌ)ō ( -s ) Etymology: origin unknown : a large percoid fish ( Rachycentron canadum ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COBIA — (n.) An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada); the crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish.
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COBIA — ( n. ) An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada); the crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COBIA — /koh"bee euh/ , n. a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COBIA — n. large bony game or food fish with dark stripes
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COBIA — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1873 : a large bony fish ( Rachycentron canadum of the family Rachycentridae) of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COBIA — noun an oceanic fish of large size (elacate canada); the crabeater; called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish.
Webster English vocab
COBIA — [co.bia] n [origin unknown] (ca. 1873): a large bony fish (Rachycentron canadum of the family Rachycentridae) of warm seas that …
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COBIA — also called Sergeant Fish, or Crabeater (species Rachycentron canadum), swift-moving, slim marine game fish, the only member of the family …
Britannica English vocabulary
COBIA — n. Swift-moving, slim marine game fish ( Rachycentron canadum ), the only member of the family Rachycentridae. Found in most …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
COBIA — ихт. кобия, нигрита (Rachycentron canadum); pl кобиевые (Rachycentridae)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
COBIA — ихт. кобия, нигрита ( Rachycentron canadum ) ; pl кобиевые ( Rachycentridae )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
COBIA — n. Pronunciation: ' k ō -b ē - ə Function: noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1873 : a large …
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SERGEANT FISH — noun Date: 1873 cobia , snook 1
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COALFISH — noun Date: 1603 any of several blackish or dark-backed fishes (as a pollack, cobia, or sablefish)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SNOOK
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LING — I. ˈliŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English linge, lenge; akin to Dutch leng ling, German länge, Old Norse …
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SERGEANT FISH — noun Etymology: so called from the stripes on the fins 1. : cobia 2. : snook 1a
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RUNNER
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RACHYCENTRON — ˌrakēˈsen.ˌträn noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, irregular from rachi- + Greek kentron sharp point — more at center : …
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PRODIGAL SON — noun Etymology: after the Prodigal Son of the Biblical parable (Luke 15:11-32), who squandered his father's money 1. : prodigal …
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LEMONFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun South : cobia
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CRABEATER — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : any of several fishes and birds reputed to eat crabs (as the sergeant fish and various …
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COALFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: so called from its color : any of several blackish or dark-backed fishes: as a. : pollack …
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CABIO — kəˈbī(ˌ)ō, -īə Etymology: Bisayan kabayo, from Spanish caballo horse, from Latin caballus — more at cavalcade variant of cobia
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BLACK SALMON — noun : any of several dark-colored salmons or similar fishes: as a. : cobia b. : king salmon
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BLACK KINGFISH — noun : cobia
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BLACK BONITO — noun : cobia
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SNOOK — (n.) The cobia.
Английский словарь Webster
SERGEANT — (n.) The cobia.
Английский словарь Webster

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