GOURAMI


Meaning of GOURAMI in English

n.

Pronunciation: gü- ' rä-m ē

Function: noun

Inflected Form: plural -mi or -mis also -mies

Etymology: Malay dialect (Java), from Javanese graméh

Date: 1878

: any of numerous African and Asian tropical freshwater bony fishes (order Perciformes): as a : a large Asian food fish ( Osphronemus goramy of the family Osphronemidae) b : any of various small fishes (families Belontiidae and Helostomatidae) often kept in aquariums

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