barramundi
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Likely from a Pama-Nyungan language. Said to be from a language spoken in the Rockhampton area in Queensland,[1] but this cannot be confirmed.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
barramundi (plural barramundis)
- A species of diadromous fish, Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
species of diadromous fish
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References[edit]
- ^ Hiroyuki Yokose (2001), “Aboriginal Words in Australian English”, in Bulletin of Tokyo Kasei Gakuin Tsukuba Women's University, page 171
- ^ R.M.W. Dixon (2006) Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning, 2nd edition, page 90