barramundi

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

   Synonymsgiant perchgiant seaperchAsian seabasswhite seabassLates calcarifer

   Broaderfish species

   Part ofLates

Other forms of barramundi

plural

barramundies

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about barramundi

What does barramundi mean?

barramundi means "a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats".

How many syllables are in barramundi?

barramundi has 4 syllables: bar-ra-mun-di. The stress falls on "ra".

What is another word for barramundi?

Close synonyms include giant perch, giant seaperch, Asian seabass, white seabass, Lates calcarifer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is barramundi a common word?

barramundi is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.