turrumn.
/ˈtʌrəm/, U.S. /ˈtərəm/, Australian English /ˈtʌrəm/ Australian.
Any of several large game fish of the family Carangidae, found off the northern coast of Australia.
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1936 T. C. Roughley Wonders Great Barrier Reef xv. 196 The most stubborn fighter of the reef is probably the turrum, a giant trevally which attains a weight of upwards of seventy pounds.
1977 Best of Austral. Angler 12/3 We..got bit by turrum, amberjack, long toms, and..sweetlip emperor—a superb table fish.
1990 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 11 Feb. 36/9 (caption) It took Kerry Kraut 65 minutes to land the 11 kg turrum.
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