Main Entry: gou·ra·mi

Pronunciation: \gü-ˈrä-mē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural gou·ra·mi or gou·ra·mis also gou·ra·mies

Etymology: Malay dial. (Java), from Javanese graméh

Date: 1878

: any of numerous African and Asian tropical freshwater bony fishes (order Perciformes): as a : a large Asian food fish (Osphronemus goramy of the family Osphronemidae) b : any of various small fishes (families Belontiidae and Helostomatidae) often kept in aquariums