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BARRAMUNDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does barramunda mean?
• BARRAMUNDA (noun)
The noun BARRAMUNDA has 1 sense:
1. large edible Australian lungfish having paddle-shaped fins
Familiarity information: BARRAMUNDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large edible Australian lungfish having paddle-shaped fins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
barramunda; barramundi; Neoceratodus forsteri
Hypernyms ("barramunda" is a kind of...):
lungfish (air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought)
Holonyms ("barramunda" is a member of...):
genus Neoceratodus; Neoceratodus (extant Australian lungfishes)
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