Meaning & use
Mahi
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A large, colorful game fish found in warm ocean waters, also known as mahi-mahi or dorado, popular as a food fish.
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The menu offered grilled mahi with a mango salsa.
They spent the morning trolling for mahi off the coast.
A note on using this word
'Mahi-mahi' comes from Hawaiian, where the repetition means 'very strong'; despite the informal English nickname 'dolphinfish,' it is unrelated to dolphins.
Words with a similar meaning
mahi-mahidoradodolphinfish
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