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

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.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2022

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

From Washington Times • Sep. 2, 2020

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

From The Guardian • Oct. 30, 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