goramy, gourami

[A Javanese name.] Ichthy.: Osphromenus olfax, a fish, a native of China, but has been introduced into the Mauritius, and into remote Cayenne. It is about the size of a turbot, po e es great tenacity of life even when out of the water, and is much valued for the table. The female is said to form a cavity in the sand for the reception of her eggs. gor-běl-liěd, a. [Eng.gorbelly; -ed.] Fat, big bellied. "Nero did not take A noble club-foot stripling; ne'er contract With one throat-swoln, gor bellied , or crump-backed." Holiday: Juvenal , sat. Χ. *gor běl-lỹ, s. [A. S. gor =dirt, filth, and Eng. belly.] 1. A fat belly or paunch.