barramundi

[ bar-uh-muhn-dee ]

/ ˌbær əˈmʌn di /

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

a lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, of the rivers of Australia.

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Sometimes bar·ra·mun·da

[bar-uh-muhn-duh] /ˌbær əˈmʌn də/ .

Origin of barramundi

First recorded in 1870–75; from an Aboriginal language of Queensland

Words nearby barramundi

Barra de São Francisco, barrage, barrage balloon, Barra Mansa, barramunda, barramundi, barranca, Barrancabermeja, Barranquilla, Barraquer's disease, Barras

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How to use barramundi in a sentence

While I was filleting barramundi and julienning carrots, I saved like a man with a plan.
A Young Chef Travels to Calabria, Italy, and Learns the Old Ways of Cooking|Curtis Stone|November 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A fine barramundi was caught in it, and Alexander Jardine shot six whistling ducks in the first creek.
The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine|Frank Jardine and Alexander Jardine
At this camp some capital barramundi and perch were caught, one of the former weighing no less than 14 pounds.
The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine|Frank Jardine and Alexander Jardine
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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