• (n.) A large food fish (Diagramma lineatum), native of the East Indies.
Bo'di·an noun (Zoology) A large food fish ( Diagramma lineatum ), native of the East Indies. 
Type: Term Pronunciation: bō′dē-ăn Definitions: 1. David, early 20th-century U.S. anatomist. See: Bodian copper-protargol stain