dolphinfish

dol·phin·fish

D0330850 (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.

dolphinfish

(ˈdɒlfɪnˌfɪʃ) na small family of ray-finned marine fish, unrelated to dolphins

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. 3. 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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dolphinfish - the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii)mahimahidolphin, 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 foodAloha 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, mahimahipercoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order PerciformesCoryphaenidae, family Coryphaenidae - large active pelagic percoid fishCoryphaena hippurus - the more common dolphinfish valued as food; about six feet longCoryphaena equisetis - a kind of dolphinfishdolphinfish, 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