bangamary

English

Noun

bangamary (plural bangamary)

1. The fish Macrodon ancylodon.
   • 2008, Godfrey Wray, Beyond Revenge, page 95:

     She liked bangamary, tilapia, lukanani, and snapper, but the river fish with the dark curved scales—hassar or cascadoo, as the Trinidadians called it—was a delicacy for special occasions.

   • 2020 August 18, Richard Morgan, “In This Dinner Series, Chinese Food Is at Home Worldwide”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Andrew Doro, a Chinese-American food blogger intent on eating dishes from every nation in the world, without leaving New York City, favors Guyanese Chinese dishes like fried bangamary (a fish) and crispy cha chi gai.