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barramunda

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bar⋅ra⋅mun⋅da

[bar-uh-muhn-duh]
–noun, plural -das, (especially collectively) -da.
a lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, of the rivers of Australia.

Origin:
1870–75; of uncert. orig.
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bar·ra·mun·da   (bār'ə-mŭn'də)   
n.   pl. barramunda or bar·ra·mun·das also barramundi or bar·ra·mun·dis
Any of several Australian food fishes, such as the lungfish. Also called ceratodus.

[Probably of Aboriginal origin.]
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