basa

ba·sa

(bä′sə)

A catfish (Pangasius bocourti) native to Southeast Asia, often cultivated in fish farms for food. Also called pangasius.

[Vietnamese (cá) ba sa : cá, fish + ba sa, probably of Tai origin (ba, perhaps akin to Lao pā, fish).]

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