mahimahi
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mahimahi
Borrowed into English from Hawaiian around 1940–45
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Lisa Stengel, from the United States, was named Up & Coming Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024, for her image of a mahimahi catching a sardine, in Mexico.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2024
On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, powerful cabin cruisers speed out of Nassau, carrying tourists in pursuit of huge mahimahi, wahoo and marlin.
From Nature • Mar. 16, 2015
ULU Ocean Grill, which works with 160 island farmers, or feet-in-the-sand mai tais and mahimahi tacos at the Beach Tree bar?
From Time • Feb. 4, 2015
Felines feast on mahimahi, and staffers take them on “walks” along the nature trial on the grounds in strollers lined with lambswool.
From Time • Jul. 28, 2014
Los Angeles' Santa Ynez Inn serves mahimahi, baked fillets of dolphin topped, Polynesian-style, with shredded coconut and sliced pineapple.
From Time Magazine Archive
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