opah
[ oh-puh ]
noun
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
Origin of opah
1First recorded in 1740–50; < an unidentified West African source
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How to use opah in a sentence
Leatherback turtles, opah, and large numbers of ocean sunfish have been reported off Washington.
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British Dictionary definitions for opah
opah
/ (ˈəʊpə) /
noun
a large soft-finned deep-sea teleost fish, Lampris regius (or luna), of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea, having a deep, brilliantly coloured body: family Lampridae: Also called: moonfish, kingfish
Origin of opah
1C18: of West African origin
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