opah

Noun

large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
Any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae.
pl. -S a marine fish

Origin / 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 the King-fish”

Synonyms

Lampris regius, moonfish, Jerusalem haddock, kingfish, redfin ocean pan, sunfish

Scrabble Score: 9

opah: valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
opah: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
opah: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

opah is a valid Words With Friends word