gourami

American  

[goo-rah-mee] / gʊˈrɑ mi /

noun

plural

gourami,

plural

gouramis

1. a large, air-breathing, nest-building, freshwater Asiatic fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food.

2. any of several small, air-breathing, nest-building Asiatic fishes of the genera Trichogaster, Colisa, and Trichopsis, often kept in aquariums.

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gourami British  

/ ˈɡʊərəmɪ /

noun

1. a large SE Asian labyrinth fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food and (when young) as an aquarium fish

2. any of various other labyrinth fishes, such as Helostoma temmincki ( kissing gourami ), many of which are brightly coloured and popular aquarium fishes

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Etymology

Origin of gourami

1875–80; < Malay ( Java dial.) gurami < Javanese graméh

Example Sentences

Which kind of animal is a gourami?

From Slate

At first she kept every angelfish, betta and gourami.

From New York Times

A deep-fried gourami is laid out, headless but tail and fins intact, on an altar of fried rice threaded with more pieces of fish: buried treasure.

From New York Times

Recommended Dishes Moo ping; fried fish ball; white radish cake; crispy mussels pancake; Tiger Cry; crispy duck with basil; crispy gourami fried rice; laab moo; papaya salad.

From New York Times

The next day he wrote back, I would be an opaline gourami.

From The New Yorker