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TILAPIA NILOTICA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tilapia nilotica mean?
• TILAPIA NILOTICA (noun)
The noun TILAPIA NILOTICA has 1 sense:
1. important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor
Familiarity information: TILAPIA NILOTICA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
bolti; Tilapia nilotica
Hypernyms ("Tilapia nilotica" is a kind of...):
cichlid; cichlid fish (freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums)
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