bagre · noun — any of various types of catfish, located along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.
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bagre is pronounced /ˈbɑɡɹeɪ/.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish bagre (“catfish”).
noun
- Any of various types of catfish, located along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.
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Words closest in meaning
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- bagrid 64% match — Any in the family Bagridae of naked catfishes. vs bagre →
- sargo 59% match — Diplodus sargus, a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic and western Indian Oceans. vs bagre →
- bogue 59% match — A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops). vs bagre →
- bugara 59% match — Synonym of rainbow surfperch. vs bagre →
- gerreid 59% match — Any fish in the family Gerreidae, the mojarras. vs bagre →
- barracouta 59% match — A snoek, any of species Thyrsites atun of foodfish. vs bagre →
- braize 58% match — A European marine fish, Pagrus pagrus, allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species. vs bagre →
- goonch 58% match — A large catfish of the genus Bagarius, native to India and Southeast Asia. vs bagre →