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