Acanthocybium
Translingual
Wikispecies
Etymology
From New Latin acanth (“spiny”) + Latin cybium (“tunny”), from Ancient Greek κύβιον (kúbion, “flesh of the young tunny”), from κύβος (kúbos, “piece of salted fish”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /əˌkæn.θəˈsɪ.bi.m̩/, /əˌkænt.θəˈsɪ.bi.m̩/
- Rhymes: -ɪbiəm
Proper noun
Acanthocybium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Scombridae – consists of the wahoo.
References
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)