cobia

Questions about cobia

What does cobia mean?

cobia means "large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters".

How many syllables are in cobia?

cobia has 3 syllables: co-bi-a. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /ˈkoʊbiə/.

What is another word for cobia?

Close synonyms include Rachycentron canadum, sergeant fish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cobia a common word?

cobia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.