karmouth

noun

kar·​mouth

variants or karmout

(ˈ)kär¦müt

plural -s

: any of several African siluroid fishes (genera Clarias and Heterobranchus) that have an accessory breathing organ enabling them to live for a time out of water

Word History

Etymology

Arabic qarmūṭ

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