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Noun: basa
  1. A southeast Asian freshwater fish, one of various species of shark catfish of genus Pangasius; farmed for food and widely exported, with white flaky flesh when cooked
    - river cobbler [UK], Vietnamese river cobbler [UK], swai, basa fish, Pangasius
     
  2. A southeast Asian freshwater fish, a species of shark catfish of genus Pangasius
    - basa fish, Pangasius bocourti, bocourti

Type of: family Pangasiidae, Pangasiidae, shark catfish

Encyclopedia: Basa, Sudan