coryphaena hippurus

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   the more common dolphinfish valued as food; about six feet long

   Broaderdolphinfish

Questions about coryphaena hippurus

What does coryphaena hippurus mean?

coryphaena hippurus means "the more common dolphinfish valued as food; about six feet long".

Is coryphaena hippurus a common word?

coryphaena hippurus 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.