kissing gourami

noun

A large tropical freshwater fish (Helostoma temminckii), commercial food fish which are farmed in their native Southeast Asia and are also popular with aquarists for the fish's peculiar "kissing" behaviour.

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Meanings

nounkissing gourami (plural kissing gouramis or kissing gouramies)

plural kissing gouramis · plural kissing gouramies

  1. A large tropical freshwater fish (Helostoma temminckii), commercial food fish which are farmed in their native Southeast Asia and are also popular with aquarists for the fish's peculiar "kissing" behaviour.

    Synonyms: kisser

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA large tropical freshwater fish (Helostoma temminckii), commercial food fish which are farmed in their native Southeast Asia and are also popular with aquarists for the fish's peculiar "kissing" behaviour.

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Translations

Finnish pusukala
  • pusukalafish
German Küssender Gurami
  • Küssender Guramifish
Hungarian csókos gurámi
  • csókos gurámifish
Indonesian tambakan
  • tambakanfish
Korean 키싱 구라미
  • 키싱 구라미 (kising gurami)fish
Malay tembakang
  • tembakangfish
Russian целу́ющийся гура́ми, хелосто́ма
  • целу́ющийся гура́ми (celújuščijsja gurámi)fish
  • хелосто́ма (xelostóma)fish
Cite this entry
APA

kissing gourami. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kissing%20gourami

MLA

“kissing gourami.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kissing%20gourami. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kissing gourami,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kissing%20gourami.

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