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TILAPIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tilapia mean? 

TILAPIA (noun)
  The noun TILAPIA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Cichlidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


TILAPIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Cichlidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Tilapia; Tilapia

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

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

Cichlidae; family Cichlidae (cichlids)


 Context examples 


This study focuses on a species of freshwater fish, tilapia.

(Steaming Fish More Healthy than Boiling, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Low mercury fish include salmon, shrimp, pollock, canned light tuna, tilapia, catfish, and cod.

(Brain benefits of aerobic exercise lost to mercury exposure, NIH)



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