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wahoo (n.)

type of large marine fish caught near Key West, 1884, of unknown origin. As the name of North American trees or shrubs, 1770, from distortions of native names; especially the "burning bush," from Dakota (Siouan) wahu, from wa- "arrow" + -hu "wood." In reference to the winged elm, it is from Muskogee vhahwv.

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Definitions of wahoo from WordNet

wahoo (n.)
upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas;
Synonyms: strawberry bush / Euonymus americanus
wahoo (n.)
deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds;
Synonyms: burning bush / Euonymus atropurpureus
wahoo (n.)
large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide;
Synonyms: Acanthocybium solandri
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