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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 Cichlidae
Familiarity information: TILAPIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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