arowana

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin, specific epithet of Osteoglossum arowana (now Osteoglossu bicirrhosum), borrowed from Guyanese Galibi Carib arawana (“the fish Osteoglossum bicirrhosum”; or a like form in Macushi), borrowed, probably via Nheengatu, from Old Tupi aruaná.[1]

Noun

arowana (plural arowanas)

  1. A freshwater bony fish of the family Osteoglossidae.
    1. (US) Scleropages formosus (Asian bonytongue)

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References
  1. “arowana”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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