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Noun: dolphinfish  'dól-fin,fish
  1. The lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii)
    - mahimahi
     
  2. Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
    - dolphin, mahimahi

Derived forms: dolphinfishes

Type of: percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, saltwater fish

Part of: Coryphaenidae, family Coryphaenidae

Encyclopedia: Dolphinfish