Coryphene

/ˈkɒrɪfiːn/ noun

Definition

An alternative name for mahi-mahi or a reference to fish of the Coryphaena genus or related species.

Etymology

A variant or anglicized form derived from Coryphaena, used sometimes in English to refer to these fish with a different spelling convention.

Kelly Says

Different languages and scientific traditions had slightly different names for the same fish—coryphene is just another way English speakers might have called mahi-mahi before the Hawaiian name became standard!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ኮሪፈን
kor-i-fen
ARالعربية
كوريفيين
kor-i-feen
BNবাংলা
কোরিফেন
korif-en
CACatalà
coryphene
kor-i-feen
CSČeština
coryphene
kor-i-feen
DADansk
coryphene
kor-i-feen
DEDeutsch
Coryphene
kor-i-feen
ELΕλληνικά
κορυφέν
kor-i-fen
ESEspañol
coryphene
kor-i-feen
FAفارسی
کوریفین
kor-i-feen
FISuomi
coryphene
kor-i-feen
FRFrançais
coryphène
kor-i-feen
GUGU
કોરીફેન
kor-i-feen
HAHA
coryphene
kor-i-feen
HEעברית
קוריף
kor-if
HIहिन्दी
कोरिफीन
kor-i-feen
HUMagyar
coryphene
kor-i-feen
IDBahasa Indonesia
coryphene
kor-i-feen
IGIG
coryphene
kor-i-feen
ITItaliano
coryphene
kor-i-feen
JA日本語
コリフェン
korife-n
KKKK
көріфең
kor-i-fen
KMKM
កូរីហ្វេន
kor-i-fen
KO한국어
코리페인
koripein
MRMR
कोरिफेन
kor-i-feen
MSBahasa Melayu
coryphene
kor-i-feen
MYမြန်မာ
ကောရီဖိန်း
ka-o-ri-feen
NLNederlands
coryphene
kor-i-feen
NONorsk
coryphene
kor-i-feen
PAPA
ਕੋਰੀਫੇਨ
kor-i-feen
PLPolski
coryphene
kor-i-feen
PTPortuguês
coryphene
kor-i-feen
RORomână
coryphene
kor-i-feen
RUРусский
корифена
korifena
SVSvenska
coryphene
kor-i-feen
SWKiswahili
coryphene
kor-i-feen
TAதமிழ்
கோரிஃபேன்
korif-en
TEతెలుగు
కొరిఫెన్
korif-en
THไทย
คอริเฟน
kor-i-fen
TLTL
coryphene
kor-i-feen
TRTürkçe
coryphene
kor-i-feen
UKУкраїнська
корифена
korifena
URاردو
کوریفین
kor-i-feen
VITiếng Việt
coryphene
kor-i-feen
YOYO
coryphene
kor-i-feen
ZH中文
科里菲恩
ke li fei en
ZUZU
coryphene
kor-i-feen

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