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lates
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lates has 1 sense
- lates(n = noun.animal) genus lates - a genus of large percoid fishes of fresh and brackish water; Array is a kind of fish genus
is a member of centropomidae, family centropomidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
lates, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a fish of the Nile.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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