mi noun, plural (especially collectively) gou·ra·mi (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) gou·ra·mis.
1.
a large, air-breathing, nest-building, freshwater Asiatic fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food.
2.
any of several small, air-breathing, nest-building Asiatic fishes of the genera Trichogaster, Colisa, and Trichopsis, often kept in aquariums.
Origin:
1875–80; < Malay (Java dial.) gurami < Javanese graméh
1875–80; < Malay (Java dial.) gurami < Javanese graméh
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| —n , pl -mi, -mis | |
| 1. | a large SE Asian labyrinth fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food and (when young) as an aquarium fish |
| 2. | any of various other labyrinth fishes, such as Helostoma temmincki (kissing gourami), many of which are brightly coloured and popular aquarium fishes |
| [from Malay gurami] | |
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