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Barramundi

Barramundi \Bar`ra*mun"di\, n. [Written also barramunda.] [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.)

  1. A remarkable Australian fresh-water ganoid fish of the genus Ceratodus.

  2. An Australian river fish ( Osteoglossum Leichhardtii). [Webster 1913 Suppl.] ||

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barramundi

n. A species of diadromous fish, (taxlink Lates calcarifer species noshow=1), of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.

WordNet
barramundi
  1. n. large edible Australian lungfish having paddle-shaped fins [syn: barramunda, Neoceratodus forsteri]

  2. [also: barramundies (pl)]

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Barramundi

The barramundi or Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer) is a species of catadromous fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes. The species is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region from Southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea and Northern Australia. Known in Thai language as pla kapong , it is very popular in Thai cuisine. It is known as koduva (கொடுவா) in the Tamil language, kalaanji in Malayalam language, pandugappa (పండుగొప్ప) in the Telugu language in India, bhetki (ভেটকী) in the Bengali language in eastern India and in Bangladesh as "Koral Machh", Modha in the sinhala language in Sri Lanka and chonak in the Konkani language in Goa in western India.

Usage examples of "barramundi".

Seafood in Australia mostly seems to consist of barramundi, Morton Bay bugs, and everything else.

He grinned and chose a Thai beef and noodle dish for an entree and a grilled barramundi for the main, with a salad side plate.

She paused to watch an old Malay fisherman unload silvery barramundi, thread them along an oar and, hoisting it to one shoulder, lift a bucket of cockle oysters and set off for town.

Follow-up calls took him almost to noon, then he drove back to the Barramundi Paradise Tackle and Bait Shop.