rasbora

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ræzˈbɔːrə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(raz bôr′ə, -bōr′ə, raz′bər ə)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ras•bo•ra  (raz bôr′ə, -bōr′ə, raz′bər ə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Fishany of several minnows of the genus Rasbora, inhabiting fresh waters of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, esp. the silvery R. heteromorpha, that has a black triangular marking near the tail and is often kept in aquariums.
  • Neo-Latin, of undetermined origin, originally
  • 1930–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
rasbora / ræzˈbɔːrə/
  1. any of the small cyprinid fishes constituting the genus Rasbora of tropical Asia and East Africa. Many species are brightly coloured and are popular aquarium fishes
Etymology: from New Latin, from an East Indian language

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