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opah

Pronunciation: /ˈəʊpə/

The English word “opah” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae.

Etymology

From Igbo uba. Earliest attestation in English is the Royal Society’s 1752 Philosophical Transactions, 1749–50 (vol. 46, p. 519): “The black Prince, and his Cousin, from Anamaboe on the Coast of Guinea, and Mr. Creighton, formerly Governor of Capo Corso Castle, upon seeing this Fish immediately knew it, and said it was common on that Coast … The Natives call it Opah, and the English there call it…

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