opah
Meaning
Any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae.
Synonyms
Lampris regius
glacefish
jerusalem haddock
New World opah
gudlax
cravo
Translations
pesce re
Gotteslachs Gotteslachse
peixe-cravo
opah
أباه
lamprir lampris Lampris lampris lampris royal lamprididéPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈəʊpə/
Etymology
From Igbo uba. Earliest attestation in English is the Royal Society’s 1752 Philosophical Transactions, 1749–50 (vol. 46, p. 519): “The black Prince, and his Cousin, from Anamaboe on the Coast of Guinea, and Mr. Creighton, formerly Governor of Capo Corso Castle, upon seeing this Fish immediately knew it, and said it was common on that Coast … The Natives call it Opah, and the English there call it the King-fish”
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