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barramundi

barramundi [ bárrə múndi ] (plural barramundis or barramundies or barramundi) or barramunda [ bárrə múndə ] (plural barramundas or barramunda)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. edible Australian fish: an edible fish of the perch family. Native to: Australia.  Latin name Lates calcarifer.

2. tropical freshwater fish: a freshwater fish with a long robust body and a single dorsal fin near the rounded tail fin, belonging to a group of six species. Native to: tropics.  Family Osteoglossidae.

[Late 19th century. Probably < a Queensland Aboriginal word]
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