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mahimahi

/ˌmɑhiˈmɑhi/
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Definitions of mahimahi
  1. noun
    large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
    synonyms: dolphin, dolphinfish
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    types:
    Coryphaena hippurus
    the more common dolphinfish valued as food; about six feet long
    Coryphaena equisetis
    a kind of dolphinfish
    type of:
    percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
    any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
  2. noun
    the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii)
    synonyms: dolphinfish
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    type of:
    saltwater fish
    flesh of fish from the sea used as food
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