cobia

[koh-bee-uh]

noun

1. a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.

cobia

/ ˈkəʊbɪə /

noun

1. a large dark-striped percoid game fish, Rachycentron canadum, of tropical and subtropical seas: family Rachycentridae

Word History and Origins

Origin of cobia¹

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; of obscure origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of cobia¹

of unknown origin

Example Sentences

The chuckles yield to murmurs of pleasure as we retrieve bites of cobia, sparkling with lime.

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January means hunting Coues deer in Mexico; February, the piglike javelina in Arizona; March, Osceola turkeys and cobia fishing in Florida; April, wild turkeys in Mexico, Wisconsin and Michigan; May, black bears back in Montana.

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Offshore in Texas waters still producing snapper, kingfish and cobia.

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State red snapper is good with a mix of kingfish and cobia offshore.

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An angler caught a juvenile cobia, a sport fish popular in the Southeast, off Rhode Island’s Block Island.

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