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opah

UK/ˈəʊpə/US/ˈoʊpə/

opah noun: any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae.

opah: any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae
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Noun

opah (plural opahs or opah)

  1. Any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae.
    • A member of the lower epipelagic community, the opah feeds on squid and fishes (including some benthic species) and is usually found well offshore.2003, Margaret M. Smith, Phillip C. Heemstra (editors), Smiths' Sea Fishes (Revision of 1977, James Leonard Brierley Smith, The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa), page 398
    • For a long time, opah has been thought to be good luck so it was only given away, never sold. Opah is a nonschooling open-ocean fish so it's not caught in great quantities.2006, Sharon Hamblin, Adventure Guide Maui, page 36
    Synonyms:
    Jerusalem haddock, kingfish, moonfish, redfin ocean pan, sunfish

opah meaning in Tamil

opah in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of opah

All synonyms of opah

Forms of opah

pluralopahs
pluralopah

Origin of opah

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”

Questions about opah

What does opah mean?
Opah means any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae.
What is opah in Tamil?
Opah in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Opah meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is opah?
Opah is a noun.
How do you pronounce opah?
Opah is pronounced /ˈəʊpə/ (UK).
What is the plural of opah?
The plural of opah is opahs.

Words near opah in the dictionary

  1. opacity
  2. opacous
  3. opacousness
  4. OPACs
  5. opacular
  6. opah
  7. opahs
  8. opakapaka
  9. opakapakas
  10. opake
  11. opal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: opah (page history and authors); opah (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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