Definitions for gouramis

gouramis gou·ra·mi

Spelling: [goo-rah-mee]
IPA: /gʊˈrɑ mi/

Gouramis is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 347 anagrams from letters in gouramis (agimorsu).

Definitions for gouramis

noun

  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.

Origin of gouramis

1875-80; Malay (Java dial.) gurami Javanese graméh

Examples for gouramis

The surgeon called it the gourami, and said that some successful attempts had been made to introduce the fish in American waters.

A fish of Java, the gourami (Osphronemus olfax), establishes an ovoid nest with the leaves of aquatic plants woven together.

Achang called the fish the gourami, or something like that; but beyond this nothing was known about him.

Word Value for gouramis
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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