gouramies

Variant of gourami

gourami definition

gou·rami (go̵̅o̅ rä′mē, go̵or′ə mē)

noun pl. gouramies -·mies or gourami -·mi

any of various families of tropical, freshwater percoid fishes; esp., a nest-building food fish (Osphronemus goramy) of Southeast Asia

Etymology: Malay gurami

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