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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of serranoid fishes. Lates nilotica is known as the Nile perch.
  • noun A fish of this genus; the Nile perch. It sometimes grows to the length of 3 feet.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (Lates Niloticus) inhabits the Nile, and another (Lates calcarifer) is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are valued as food fishes.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Plural form of late.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a genus of large percoid fishes of fresh and brackish water

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