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gourami

/goo-rah-mee/US // gʊˈrɑ mi //UK // (ˈɡʊərəmɪ) //

古拉米,古拉美,古拉咪,古拉密

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural gou·ra·mi, gou·ra·mis.

    • : a large, air-breathing, nest-building, freshwater Asiatic fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food.
    • : any of several small, air-breathing, nest-building Asiatic fishes of the genera Trichogaster, Colisa, and Trichopsis, often kept in aquariums.

Examples

  • The surgeon called it the gourami, and said that some successful attempts had been made to introduce the fish in American waters.

  • Achang called the fish the gourami, or something like that; but beyond this nothing was known about him.

  • A fish of Java, the Gourami (Osphronemus olfax), establishes an ovoid nest with the leaves of aquatic plants woven together.