LATES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lates mean? 

• LATES (noun)
  The noun LATES has 1 sense:

1. a genus of large percoid fishes of fresh and brackish water

  Familiarity information: LATES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of large percoid fishes of fresh and brackish water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Lates; Lates

Hypernyms ("Lates" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Lates"):

Asian seabass; barramundi; giant perch; giant seaperch; Lates calcarifer; white seabass (a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats)

Holonyms ("Lates" is a member of...):

Centropomidae; family Centropomidae (a family of fish or the order Perciformes including robalos)