barramundi

[ bar-uh-muhn-dee ]

/ ˌbær əˈmʌn di /

noun, plural bar·ra·mun·dis, bar·ra·mun·dies, (especially collectively) bar·ra·mun·di.

Nearby words

barracuda, barracudina, barrage, barrage balloon, barramunda, barramundi, barranca, barrancabermeja, barranquilla, barraquer's disease, barras

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Examples from the Web for barramundi

The barramundi does not leave the water, nor can it live long in the air.
Zoology: The Science of Animal Life|Ernest Ingersoll
In a mangrove creek a shoal of barramundi had been bombed with dynamite.
Tropic Days|E. J. Banfield

British Dictionary definitions for barramundi

barramundi

/ (ˌbærəˈmʌndɪ) /

noun plural -dis, -dies or -di

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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