dol·phin·fish

(dŏl′fĭn-fĭsh′, dôl′-)

n. pl. dolphinfish or dol·phin·fish·es

1. A large marine food and game fish (Coryphaena hippurus) found worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters, having an iridescent blue back, yellow sides, a steep blunt forehead, and a long continuous dorsal fin. Also called dolphin, dorado, mahi-mahi.

2. See pompano dolphinfish.

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dolphinfish

(ˈdɒlfɪnˌfɪʃ)

a small family of ray-finned marine fish, unrelated to dolphins

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dol•phin

(ˈdɒl fɪn, ˈdɔl-)

n.

1. any small toothed cetacean of the family Delphinidae, esp. the species having a beaklike snout. Compare porpoise.

2. Also called dolphinfish , mahimahi. either of two large, slender fishes, Coryphaena hippurus or C. equisetis, of warm and temperate seas.

a. a pile, cluster of piles, or buoy to which a vessel may be moored.

b. a cluster of piles used as a fender, as at the entrance to a dock.

4. (cap.) the constellation Delphinus.

[1300–50; Middle English dolphyn < Old French daulphin « Latin delphīnus < Greek delphin]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	dolphinfish - the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii) mahimahi dolphin, dolphinfish, mahimahi - large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii) saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food Aloha State, Hawaii, Hawai'i, HI - a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands
	2.	dolphinfish - large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii) dolphin, mahimahi percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes Coryphaenidae, family Coryphaenidae - large active pelagic percoid fish Coryphaena hippurus - the more common dolphinfish valued as food; about six feet long Coryphaena equisetis - a kind of dolphinfish dolphinfish, mahimahi - the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii) Aloha State, Hawaii, Hawai'i, HI - a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands

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