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Nov 29, 2009
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gou•ra•mi



Pronunciation: (goo-rä'mē), [key]
—n.,
—pl. (esp. collectively) -mi, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -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.

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