rasbora

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ras·bo·ra

R0048400 (răz-bôr′ə)n. Any of various tropical often brightly colored cyprinid fishes of the genus Rasbora and related genera, including many species kept in home aquariums.
[New Latin Rasbora, genus name, from a native word in the East Indies.]

rasbora

(ræzˈbɔːrə) n (Animals) 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[from New Latin, from an East Indian language]

ras•bo•ra

(ræzˈbɔr ə, -ˈboʊr ə, ˈræz bər ə)

n., pl. -ras. any of several freshwater minnows of the genus Rasbora, of SE Asia, esp. the silvery R.heteromorpha, popular in home aquariums. [1930–35; < New Latin]