barramundi

bar·ra·mun·da  (br-mnd) also bar·ra·mun·di (-d)

n. pl. barramunda or bar·ra·mun·das also barramundi or bar·ra·mun·dis

Any of several Australian food fishes, such as the lungfish. Also called ceratodus.

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[Probably of Aboriginal origin.]

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barramundi [ˌbærəˈmʌndɪ]

n pl -dis, -dies, -di

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several large edible Australian fishes esp the percoid species Lates calcarifer (family Centropomidae) of NE coastal waters or the freshwater species Scleropages leichardti (family Osteoglossidae) of Queensland

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Noun

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barramundi - a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats Asian seabass, giant perch, giant seaperch, Lates calcarifer, white seabass genus Lates, Lates - a genus of large percoid fishes of fresh and brackish water fish species - a species of fish