wahoo
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- noun
- /wɑːˈhuː/
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wahoo
- On our fishing trip, we caught several wahoo along with other prized game fish.
- wahoo (Acanthocybium)
Examples
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Long-range trips up to 19 days long operate further offshore and south, targeting tunas, yellowtail, and wahoo, Acanthocybium solanderi.
Academic text (1990) -
Target are toothy species such as Wahoo, King Mackerel, and Barracuda, with occasional Trevally.
Blog text (18) -
We also picked up 11 Wahoo and approximately 20 smaller tuna.
Blog text (7) -
We had exciting wahoo fishing with fish jumping out of the water right next to the boat.
Blog text (7) -
Three large Wahoos swam past and sure enough, it was a direct hit.
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The wahoo were stocked 40 to 50-pound fish.
Blog text (7) -
The last two days have been very busy catching good-grade tuna and alligator-sized wahoo.
Blog text (7) -
They started out their trip loading up on tuna, then it was all the dorado they could handle, and now they have over 130 of these monster wahoo down in the fresh well.
Blog text (7) -
Two, you can head out to the edge of the reef and put out a spread in hopes of catching sailfish, dolphin, cobia, tuna, kingfish, or wahoo.
Blog text (10) -
Fishing for wahoo is popular among anglers because of their speed and size.
Synonyms
A large, fast fish that eats other fish, lives in warm seas, and people catch for food and sport fishing
A large, fast fish that hunts smaller fish in warm seas
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word wahoo for the fish comes from a local island or sailor name for this very fast, strong fish, and English adopted that name. That's why people who fish call this exciting, speedy catch a wahoo.