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arawana

arawana is the alternative form of arowana.

Meaning of arowana

Noun

arowana (plural arowanas)

  1. Any of various large freshwater fish belonging to the family Osteoglossidae (especially from genera Heterotis, Osteoglossum, and Scleropages), found in South America, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Africa. These fish are mainly carnivorous and are characterized by large, bony scales, a toothed tongue, and a wide, slanted mouth.
    1. (US) Scleropages formosus (Asian bonytongue)

Forms of arawana

pluralarawanas

Questions about arawana

What is arawana the alternative form of?
Arawana is the alternative form of arowana.

Words near arawana in the dictionary

  1. Arawakanists
  2. Arawakian
  3. Arawakians
  4. Arawaks
  5. Arawan
  6. arawana
  7. arawanas
  8. Arawata
  9. Arawá
  10. Arax
  11. Araxes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arawana (page history and authors); arowana (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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