"arowana" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: arowanas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin, specific epithet of Osteoglossum arowana (now Osteoglossu bicirrhosum), borrowed from Guyanese Kari'na arawana (“the fish Osteoglossum bicirrhosum”; or a like form in Macushi), borrowed, probably via Nheengatu, from Old Tupi aruaná. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|-}} New Latin, {{taxlink|Osteoglossum arowana|species}} Osteoglossum arowana, {{taxlink|Osteoglossu bicirrhosum|species}} Osteoglossu bicirrhosum, {{der|en|car|arawana}} Kari'na arawana, {{taxlink|Osteoglossum bicirrhosum|species}} Osteoglossum bicirrhosum, {{der|en|mbc|-}} Macushi, {{der|en|yrl|-}} Nheengatu, {{der|en|tpw|aruaná}} Old Tupi aruaná Head templates: {{en-noun}} arowana (plural arowanas)
  1. A freshwater bony fish of the family Osteoglossidae.
    Sense id: en-arowana-en-noun-q7M4-fPK
  2. A freshwater bony fish of the family Osteoglossidae.
    (US) Scleropages formosus (Asian bonytongue)
    Tags: US Categories (lifeform): Osteoglossomorph fish
    Sense id: en-arowana-en-noun-B2tUlDEx Disambiguation of Osteoglossomorph fish: 43 57 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: arahuana, arawana, aruana Hypernyms: bonytongue Derived forms: African arowana (taxonomic: Heterotis niloticus)

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