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mahseer
/ ˈmɑːsɪə /
noun
- any of various large freshwater Indian cyprinid fishes, such as Barbus tor
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mahseer1
from Hindi
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Example Sentences
Though called the salmon of India, the mahseer is really a species of barbel.
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I rather think the Taiping water is too discoloured and sandy for Mahseer.
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You have heard of the famous mahseer—some of them over eighty or a hundred pounds weight?
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There was a movement under the cloth, and a little snake wriggled out, to be back-broken by the butt of the mahseer-rod.
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I never myself eat any mahseer, or other Indian river fish, anything like it.
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