barramundi

English

Etymology

You can help Wiktionary by providing a proper etymology. From an Australian Aboriginal language of the Rockhampton area in Queensland.

Noun

barramundi (plural barramundis)

1. A species of diadromous fish, Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.

Synonyms

• Asian sea bass

Translations

species of diadromous fish

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尖吻鱸, 尖吻鲈 (jiānwěnlú), 巴拉曼底魚, 巴拉曼底鱼 (bālāmàndǐyú), 盲鰽, 盲鰽 (mángqiú or mángcáo)

• Finnish: barramundi

• Japanese: バラマンディ (baramandi)
• Russian: барраму́нди f (barramúndi)