barramundi

[ bar-uh-muhn-dee ]

noun,plural bar·ra·mun·dis, bar·ra·mun·dies, (especially collectively) bar·ra·mun·di.
  1. a lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, of the rivers of Australia.

Origin of barramundi

1
First recorded in 1870–75; from an Aboriginal language of Queensland
  • Sometimes bar·ra·mun·da [bar-uh-muhn-duh] /ˌbær əˈmʌn də/ .

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British Dictionary definitions for barramundi

barramundi

/ (ˌbærəˈmʌndɪ) /


nounplural -dis, -dies or -di
  1. 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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