Acanthocybium

noun
Acan·​tho·​cyb·​i·​um | \ əˌkan(t)thəˈsibēəm\

Definition of Acanthocybium

: a genus (sometimes made the type of a separate family Acanthocybiidae though usually placed in Scombridae) of large predaceous marine fishes that includes the wahoo and other food and game fishes

First Known Use of Acanthocybium

1862, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Acanthocybium

New Latin, from acanth- + Latin cybium tunny, from Greek kybion flesh of the young tunny, from kybos piece of salted fish, cube

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