A people of Benin.
mahi
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for mahi.
Editorial note
I gave it a picture of the Mahi Mahi and jambalaya I was having in a restaurant.
Quick take
A people of Benin.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of mahi gathered in one view.
A river of western India.
(New Zealand) the work required to complete a task
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for mahi.
noun
A people of Benin.
noun
A river of western India.
noun
(New Zealand) the work required to complete a task
Example sentences
I gave it a picture of the Mahi Mahi and jambalaya I was having in a restaurant.
According to the numbers in the table, a dolphin costs 138 mahi-mahi.
Are you sure you didn't have dolphin fish AKA mahi mahi?
Mahi mahi type of dolphin, I buy it at Costco: it is good.
If you want an environmentally friendly wild fish, I'd recommend Mahi Mahi.
Quick question for those in the know, what kind of fish do you use for sabzi polo ba mahi?
Don't care how much fun it is to pull in a nice mahi, its not worth that kind of risk.
Out of interest does can anyone know/can say why Mahi de Silva and Erik Harrell left?
I'm keeping my eyes open for fresh wahoo and mahi (we always called it dolphin in Miami, but people everywhere else think flipper).
What would be hard is getting restaurants to stop acting like they have to trick customers into buying food they wouldn't voluntarily buy, like vegetarian burger == beef-based burger accompanied by vegetables, or as legend has it, mahi mahi that turns out to be dolphin fish (has gills) but people think it's the air-breathing, womb-having, mammal dolphin.
Commercial fisheries know this and are squeezing the last bits they can out of the pelagic fish we all expect on the dinner table (tuna, mahi, etc), but as you aptly point out, the majority of fisheries biomass is near the coast.
> If you do the math on this (and you don’t have to because the Environmental Justice Foundation already did), you find that one saved dolphin costs 25,824 small tuna, 382 mahi-mahi, 188 wahoo, 82 yellowtail and other large fish, 27 sharks and rays, 1 billfish, 1,193 triggerfish and other small fish, and 0.06 sea turtles.
Quote examples
Over the last decade or so, though, I feel there’s been a cultural shift in New Zealand where Te Reo is being embraced by New Zealanders in a new way: Māori words are being incorporated into our English dialect: “Do the Mahi (work)!” someone might say, or “let’s have a hui (get-together/meeting)”.
Proper noun examples
Dolphin fish are named 'Mahi-Mahi' on menus to disambiguate them from the mammals.
Next up you have a Mahi-Mahi or a Tuna eat your fish that ate the Lego head, then you eat that bigger fish...
Clearly that is the medical code for being struck by a Mahi-mahi, which can reach nearly 60lbs and travel at speeds above 55mph.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use mahi in a sentence?
I gave it a picture of the Mahi Mahi and jambalaya I was having in a restaurant.
What does mahi mean?
A people of Benin.
What part of speech is mahi?
mahi is commonly used as noun.