Acanthocybium

noun

Acan·​tho·​cyb·​i·​um

əˌkan(t)thəˈsibēəm

: 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

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

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