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mahi-mahi

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A large food and game fish of the family Coryphaenidae which is commonly found in tropical and subtropical waters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian mahimahi.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assamese: মাহিমাহি মাছ (mahimahi mas) — large food and game fish
  • Bulgarian: дора́до (dorádo) — large food and game fish
  • Bulgarian: махи-махи (mahi-mahi) — large food and game fish
  • Bulgarian: корифе́на (koriféna) — large food and game fish
  • Catalan: llampuga — large food and game fish
  • Catalan: llampec — large food and game fish
  • Catalan: daurat — large food and game fish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鯕鰍 /鲯鳅 (qíqiū) — large food and game fish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 飛虎 /飞虎 — large food and game fish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鬼頭刀 /鬼头刀 — large food and game fish
  • Dhivehi: ފިޔަލަ (fiyala) — large food and game fish
  • Finnish: dolfiini — large food and game fish
  • Haitian Creole: dorad — large food and game fish
  • Indonesian: belitung — large food and game fish
  • Indonesian: mahi-mahi — large food and game fish
  • Italian: lampuga — large food and game fish
  • Japanese: 鱪 (shiira) — large food and game fish
  • Japanese: シイラ (shiira) — large food and game fish
  • Korean: 만새기 (mansaegi) — large food and game fish
  • Malay: belitung — large food and game fish
  • Maltese: lampuka — large food and game fish
  • Mokilese: kohko — large food and game fish
  • Pohnpeian: kohko — large food and game fish
  • Polish: koryfena — large food and game fish
  • Polish: smagla — large food and game fish
  • Polish: złota makrela — large food and game fish
  • Portuguese: guaraçapé — large food and game fish
  • Portuguese: dourado-do-mar — large food and game fish
  • Russian: корифе́на (koriféna) — large food and game fish
  • Sicilian: lampuca — large food and game fish
  • Spanish: dorado — large food and game fish
  • Spanish: lirio — large food and game fish
  • Spanish: llampuga — large food and game fish
  • Swedish: guldmakrill — large food and game fish