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cobia

cobia noun: a perciform marine fish of species Rachycentron canadum.

cobia: a perciform marine fish of species Rachycentron canadum
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Noun

cobia (plural cobias or cobia)

  1. A perciform marine fish of species Rachycentron canadum.
    Synonyms:
    black kingfish, black salmon, ling, lemonfish, crabeater, prodigal son, beijupirá, black bonito, sergeant fish

Proper noun capitalized: Cobia

Cobia

  1. A commune of Dâmbovița County, Romania.

cobia meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

cobia in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

cobia in Malayalam

Rachycentron canadum
മോത mōta

Synonyms of cobia

All synonyms of cobia

Forms of cobia

pluralcobias
pluralcobia

Origin of cobia

First use in 1873. Of unknown origin, possibly via Spanish cobia from a language of the Caribbean.

From Romanian Cobia.

Questions about cobia

What does cobia mean?
Cobia means a perciform marine fish of species Rachycentron canadum.
What is cobia in Tamil?
Cobia in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Cobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cobia?
Cobia can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of cobia?
The plural of cobia is cobias.

Words near cobia in the dictionary

  1. Cobham
  2. Cobhamite
  3. Cobhamites
  4. cobhouse
  5. cobhouses
  6. cobia
  7. Cobian
  8. Cobians
  9. cobias
  10. cobicistat
  11. Cobie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cobia (page history and authors); Cobia (page history and authors); cobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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