Acanthocybium

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Translingual

Acanthocybium solandri

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + Latin cybium (“tunny”), from Ancient Greek κύβιον (kúbion, “flesh of the young tunny”), from κύβος (kúbos, “piece of salted fish”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • English:
    • (US) IPA(key): /əˌkæn.θəˈsɪ.bi.m̩/, /əˌkænt.θəˈsɪ.bi.m̩/
    • Rhymes: -ɪbiəm

Proper noun

Acanthocybium n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Scombridae – consists of the wahoo.

See also

References

  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN)
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