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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ma•hi•ma•hi (mä′hē mä′hē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -hi. [Hawaii.]- Fish, Dialect Termsthe dolphinfish, esp. when used as a food fish.
Also, ma′hi-ma′hi. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dol•phin /ˈdɑlfɪn, ˈdɔl-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Mammalsa small-toothed mammal of the sea having a beaklike nose and mouth. Compare porpoise.
- FishAlso called ˈdol•phinˌfish mahimahi. either of two large, slender fishes of warm and temperate seas.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dol•phin (dol′fin, dôl′-),USA pronunciation n. - Mammalsany of several chiefly marine, cetacean mammals of the family Delphinidae, having a fishlike body, numerous teeth, and the front of the head elongated into a beaklike projection.
- FishAlso called dolphinfish, mahimahi. either of two large, slender fishes, Coryphaena hippurus or C. equisetis, of warm and temperate seas.
- [Naut.]
- Naval Termsa pile, cluster of piles, or buoy to which a vessel may be moored in open water.
- Naval Termsa cluster of piles used as a fender, as at the entrance to a dock.
- Naval Termsa pudding fender at the nose of a tugboat or on the side of a vessel.
- (cap.) [Astron.]the constellation Delphinus.
- Greek delphí̄n
- Vulgar Latin *dalfīnus, Latin delphīnus
- Old Provencal dalfin
- Old French daulphin
- Middle English dolphyn 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mahi-mahi /ˈmɑːhɪˌmɑːhɪ/ n - another name for dolphin
Etymology: 20th Century: from Hawaiian, literally: strong-strong |