hassar
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
hassar (plural hassars)
- Hoplosternum littorale, an edible South American catfish.
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References edit
- ^ “hassar”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra, The Hassar, an Armoured Tropical Fish, in Fish: Food from the Waters, edited by Harlan Walker, page 220: "hassar - is the Guyanese name [...]. Allsopp's Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage (OUP 1996) defines the word hassar as a derivative of the Arawak asa, meaning 'a small highly-prized edible fish'.