cobia

American  

[koh-bee-uh] / ˈkoʊ bi ə /

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.

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cobia British  

/ ˈkəʊbɪə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of cobia

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

Example Sentences

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cobia

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

From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023

Since 1984, Butch Findley, 72, has been guiding fishermen out of Port A to seek flounder, red fish and trout in the bays, and cobia, tuna, red snapper and bill fish in the open gulf.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 22, 2020

Earle recalled five cobia who were acclimated to scientific divers around an underwater lab.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2018

He grabbed a net and enlisted friends to move a stingray, a cobia, an amberjack and a grouper into a tank rigged to a generator, so the fish would not die in still water.

From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2018

Snook, snōōk, n. one of several fishes—the cobia, a robalo, a garfish, a Cape carangoid fish.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various