barramundi
Meanings
noun
- A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes, widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific; a popular food fish.
- Either of two fish, Scleropages leichardti and S. jardinii, of the family Osteoglossidae.
- The fish Neoceratodus forsteri of the family Neoceratodontidae; the Australian lungfish.
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Etymology
Likely from a Pama-Nyungan language. Said to be from a language spoken in the Rockhampton area in Queensland, but this cannot be confirmed.
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