barramundi
/ˌbarəˈmʌndi
/noun (plural same or barramundis)
Any of a number of large, chiefly freshwater fishes of Australia and SE Asia:
- A fish that migrates between the sea and rivers and is valued as a food fish (Lates calcarifer, family Centropomidae). A mouthbrooder (genus Scleropages, family Osteoglossidae), in particular S. leichardti..
- Barramundi caught in the wild and from saltwater farms have flooded the market, pushing down the price for freshwater barramundi by more than 20 per cent.
- But you won't see a traditional U.S.-style bass boat stalking Australia's celebrated barramundi.
Origin
Late 19th century: probably from an Aboriginal language of Queensland.
Rhymes
- expressional
- expressionism
- expressionist
- expressionistic
- expressionistically
- expressionless
- expressionlessly
- expressionlessness
- expression mark
- expressive
- expressively
- expressiveness
- expressivity
- express lane
- express lift
- expressly
- express rifle
- express train
- expressway
- expropriate
- expropriation
- expropriator
- expt.
- exptl.
- expulsion