opah

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
At the back of the store, the silvery gleam of a large opah (moonfish) was on display with other catches from the ocean.

View all »
Definitions (4)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. noun A large, oval-shaped, vividly colored marine fish (Lampris regius) that has edible red flesh. Also called moonfish.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (1)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (1)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (12)

  • Try the seabass, the yellowtail or the opah and don't skip the $2.75 cup of clam chowder.
  • Derhaka ni kalau kat Allah s.w.t. ka, mereka yang ma'sum ka, mak pak aku ka, atok aku ka, opah aku ka, guru aku ka atau yang sewaktu dengannya - tu kira derhaka la. —  ~penarik beca
  • At the back of the store, the silvery gleam of a large opah (moonfish) was on display with other catches from the ocean. —  Starbulletin Headlines
  • Other seafood that might appear on menus include shutome, hapu apu, Pacific threadfin, aku, opah and ulua. —  canada.com Top Stories
  • The secret ingredient: opah (also known as moonfish or sunfish). —  The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
 

Tags

opah hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 36 times.

On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (2)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. Of West African origin; akin to Igbo uba.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. Origin unknown.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

/ˈoʊpə/
by American Heritage

Charts

frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

We are still working on calculating this word's frequency.

Recently looked up

latissimus · Wiggly · husbandman · ternary · Lung

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

spell it rite · britney · bunda · settii · aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile