DOLPHINFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dolphinfish mean? 

• DOLPHINFISH (noun)
  The noun DOLPHINFISH has 2 senses:

1. the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii)

2. large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)

  Familiarity information: DOLPHINFISH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOLPHINFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

dolphinfish; mahimahi

Hypernyms ("dolphinfish" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Domain region:

Aloha State; Haw.; Hawai'i; Hawaii; HI (a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands)

Holonyms ("dolphinfish" is a part of...):

dolphin; dolphinfish; mahimahi (large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

dolphin; dolphinfish; mahimahi

Hypernyms ("dolphinfish" is a kind of...):

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

Meronyms (parts of "dolphinfish"):

dolphinfish; mahimahi (the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii))

Domain region:

Aloha State; Haw.; Hawai'i; Hawaii; HI (a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dolphinfish"):

Coryphaena hippurus (the more common dolphinfish valued as food; about six feet long)

Coryphaena equisetis (a kind of dolphinfish)

Holonyms ("dolphinfish" is a member of...):

Coryphaenidae; family Coryphaenidae (large active pelagic percoid fish)