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chopa

[ choh-puh, chop-uh ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) cho·pa, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) cho·pas.
  1. any of several fishes, especially of the sea chub family, Kyphosidae, and the nibbler family, Girellidae.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chopa1

1880–85; < Spanish < Portuguese choupa < Latin clupea; clupeid

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