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

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

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2023

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

Amberjack, grouper, cobia, red snapper, mangrove snapper and barracuda are ubiquitous in the waters here, with divers often spearing fish that rival themselves in size and weight.

From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 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