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Webster 1913 Edition


Opah

O′pah

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A large oceanic fish (
Lampris guttatus
), inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean. It is remarkable for its brilliant colors, which are red, green, and blue, with tints of purple and gold, covered with round silvery spots. Called also
king of the herrings
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Opah

O'PAH

,
Noun.
A fish of a large kind with a smooth skin found on the coast of Guinea.

Definition 2024


opah

opah

English

Researchers examine an opah (Lampris guttatus), which was later released

Noun

opah (plural opahs or opah)

  1. Any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae.
    • 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,
      A member of the lower epipelagic community, the opah feeds on squid and fishes (including some benthic species) and is usually found well offshore.
    • 2006, Sharon Hamblin, Adventure Guide Maui, page 36,
      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.
    • 2013, Roy Yamaguchi, John Harrisson, Roy's Fish and Seafood: Recipes from the Pacific Rim, page 77,
      Opah is an extraordinary-looking ocean fish, with an almost perfectly round shape; a comparatively thin, flat profile; a silvery skin, and bright crimson fins.

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  1. 1 2 3 Oxford English Dictionary. 3rd ed. Jun 2004. OED Online, s.v. ‘opah, n.

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