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cobia

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: K OW1 B IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A commune of Dâmbovița County, Romania.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A perciform marine fish of species Rachycentron canadum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Rachycentron canadum, sergeant fish

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: percoid fish, percoid, percoidean

History

Etymology

From Romanian Cobia.

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

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: kranasovec štíhlý — Rachycentron canadum
  • Malayalam: മോത (mōta) — Rachycentron canadum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sergentfisk — Rachycentron canadum
  • Portuguese: beijupirá — Rachycentron canadum
  • Portuguese: bijupirá — Rachycentron canadum
  • Russian: ко́бия (kóbija) — Rachycentron canadum
  • Russian: нигри́та (nigríta) — Rachycentron canadum
  • Russian: ры́ба-сержа́нт (rýba-seržánt) — Rachycentron canadum
  • Russian: кана́дус (kanádus) — Rachycentron canadum
  • Spanish: cobia — Rachycentron canadum
  • Spanish: esmedregal — Rachycentron canadum
  • Spanish: pejepalo — Rachycentron canadum
  • Spanish: bonito negro — Rachycentron canadum