Barramundi
barramunda.
Historical Examples
In a mangrove creek a shoal of barramundi had been bombed with dynamite.
Tropic Days E. J. Banfield
The barramundi does not leave the water, nor can it live long in the air.
Zoology: The Science of Animal Life Ernest Ingersoll
noun (pl) -dis, -dies, -di
any of several large edible Australian fishes esp the percoid species Lates calcarifer (family Centropomidae) of NE coastal waters or the freshwater species Scleropages leichardti (family Osteoglossidae) of Queensland
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