Opah vs Pah - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between opah and pah is that opah is any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family lamprididae while pah is (maori fort). As an interjection pah is used to express distaste, disgust or outrage.
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opah English
Noun
( en-noun)
Any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae.
* 2003 , Margaret M. Smith, Phillip C. Heemstra (editors), Smiths' Sea Fishes'' (Revision of 1977, James Leonard Brierley Smith, ''The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa ), page 398 ,
- A member of the lower epipelagic community, the opah feeds on squid and fishes (including some benthic species) and is usually found well offshore.
* 2006 , Sharon Hamblin, Adventure Guide Maui , page 36 ,
- For a long time, opah' has been thought to be good luck so it was only given away, never sold. ' Opah is a nonschooling open-ocean fish so it's not caught in great quantities.
* 2013 , Roy Yamaguchi, John Harrisson, Roy's Fish and Seafood: Recipes from the Pacific Rim , page 77 ,
- Opah is an extraordinary-looking ocean fish, with an almost perfectly round shape; a comparatively thin, flat profile; a silvery skin, and bright crimson fins.
Synonyms
* (fish of family Lampridae) Jerusalem haddock, kingfish, moonfish, redfin ocean pan, sunfish
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pah Acronym
( Acronym)
( en noun)
(biochemistry) phenylalanine hydroxylase
(healthcare)
(organic chemistry) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
Synonyms
* (phenylalanine hydroxylase)
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