OPAH

Meaning of OPAH in English

[ 'əʊpə ]

■ noun a large deep-bodied fish with a deep blue back, silvery belly, and crimson fins, living in deep oceanic waters. [ Lampris guttatus .]

Origin

C18: a W. Afr. word.

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OPAH — noun Etymology: perhaps from Ibo úbà Date: 1750 a large elliptical laterally compressed marine bony fish ( Lampris guttatus of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OPAH — ˈōpə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Ibo úbà : a large marine elliptical fish ( Lampris regius syn. L. luna …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OPAH — (n.) A large oceanic fish (Lampris quttatus), inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean. It is remarkable for its brilliant colors, which are …
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OPAH — ( n. ) A large oceanic fish (Lampris quttatus), inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean. It is remarkable for its brilliant colors, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OPAH — /oh"peuh/ , n. a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius. [ 1740-50; ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OPAH — n. large colored sea fish (can be up to 6 feet {1.82 meters} long) found in the Atlantic and Pacific …
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OPAH — noun Etymology: perhaps from Ibo úbà Date: 1750 : a large elliptical laterally compressed marine bony fish ( Lampris guttatus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OPAH — noun a large oceanic fish (lampris quttatus), inhabiting the atlantic ocean. it is remarkable for its brilliant colors, which are …
Webster English vocab
OPAH — [opah] n [perh. fr. Ibo uba] (1750): a large elliptical marine bony fish (Lampris guttatus of the family Lampridae) with …
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OPAH — also called moonfish (species Lampris regius) large marine fish of the family Lampridae (order Lampridiformes), widely distributed in warm oceans. …
Britannica English vocabulary
OPAH — n. a large rare deep-sea fish, Lampris guttatus, usu. having a silver-blue back with white spots and crimson fins. Also …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OPAH — n. a large rare deep-sea fish, Lampris guttatus, usu. having a silver-blue back with white spots and crimson fins. Also …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OPAH — n. a large rare deep-sea fish, Lampris guttatus, usu. having a silver-blue back with white spots and crimson fins. Also …
Oxford English vocab
OPAH — ихт. опах (Lampris); pl опаховые, лампридовые (Lampridae)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
OPAH — ихт. опах ( Lampris ) ; pl опаховые, лампридовые ( Lampridae )
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OPAH — n. Pronunciation: ' ō -p ə , - ˌ pä Function: noun Etymology: perhaps from Ibo úbà Date: 1750 : …
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MOONFISH — noun (plural ~ or ~es) Date: 1646 any of various compressed often short deep-bodied silvery or yellowish marine fishes: as, …
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SUNFISH — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: sun (I) + fish 1. a. : ocean sunfish b. : any of several rare related …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAN PEDRO FISH — sanˈpē(ˌ)drō-, -ˈpā(ˌ)drō- noun Usage: usually capitalized S&P Etymology: after Point San Pedro, Calif. : opah
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOONFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( plural moonfish or moonfishes ) : any of a number of compressed often short deep-bodied silvery or …
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MARIPOSA — ˌmarəˈpōsə, -ȯzə noun or mariposa moonfish ( -s ) Etymology: American Spanish mariposa, from Spanish, butterfly, probably from María Mary …
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LAMPRIDIDAE — lamˈpridəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Lamprid-, Lampris, type genus (from Greek lampros bright) + -idae : …
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JERUSALEM HADDOCK — noun Usage: usually capitalized J West : opah
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CRAVO — ˈkrāvō noun ( -es ) Etymology: origin unknown : opah
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ALLOTRIOGNATHI — əˌlä.trēˈägnəˌthī noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek allotrio- (from allotrios strange) + gnathoi, plural of gnathos jaw …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUNFISH — (n.) The opah.
Английский словарь Webster
KINGFISH — (n.) The opah.
Английский словарь Webster
SUNFISH — ( n. ) The opah.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
KINGFISH — ( n. ) The opah.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOONFISH — /moohn"fish'/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) moonfish , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOONFISH — noun ( plural moonfish or moon·fish·es ) Date: 1646 : any of various compressed often short deep-bodied silvery or yellowish …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SUNFISH — noun any large jellyfish. 2. sunfish ·noun the basking, or liver, shark. 3. sunfish ·noun the opah. 4. sunfish ·noun …
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