cobia

English

Rachycentron canadum

Etymology

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

Noun

cobia (plural cobias or cobia)

1. A perciform marine fish of species Rachycentron canadum.

Synonyms

• (Rachycentron canadum): black kingfish, black salmon, ling, lemonfish, crabeater, prodigal son, beijupirá, black bonito, sergeant fish

Translations

Rachycentron canadum

• Czech: kranasovec štíhlý
• Malayalam: മോത (ml) (mōta)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sergentfisk m

• Portuguese: beijupirá m, bijupirá m
• Russian: ко́бия (ru) f (kóbija), нигри́та f (nigríta), ры́ба-сержа́нт (ru) f (rýba-seržánt), кана́дус m (kanádus)
• Spanish: cobia f, esmedregal, pejepalo m, bonito negro m,

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “cobia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “cobia”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• cobia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rachycentron canadum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Rachycentron canadum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• cobia at Fishbase

Anagrams

• baioc, ciboa

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from a Caribbean language. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkobja/ [ˈko.β̞ja]
• Rhymes: -obja
• Syllabification: co‧bia

Noun

cobia f (plural cobias)

1. cobia (Rachycentron canadum, species of perciform marine fish)

   Synonyms: esmedregal, pejepalo, bonito negro

   • 2024 November 29 (last accessed), “Archived copy”, in La Cobia‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 December 2024:

     Culinariamente la cobia es un producto versátil, muy apreciado por los cocineros.

     Culinarily, the cobia is a versatile product, very appreciated by cooks.

Further reading

• cobia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia