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aruana

aruana 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 aruana

pluralaruanas

Questions about aruana

What is aruana the alternative form of?
Aruana is the alternative form of arowana.

Words near aruana in the dictionary

  1. Artzes
  2. Aru Islands
  3. Arua
  4. Aruac
  5. Aruacs
  6. aruana
  7. aruanas
  8. Aruba
  9. Arubam
  10. Aruban
  11. Arubans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aruana (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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