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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A catadromous food and game fish (Lates calcarifer) found from the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific. It is an important commercial species in Australia.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A remarkable Australian fresh-water ganoid fish of the genus Ceratodus.
  • noun An Australian river fish (Osteoglossum Leichhardtii).

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A species of diadromous fish, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Probably of Aboriginal origin.]

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