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tilapia


Definition of tilapia

noun

  • an African freshwater cichlid fish that has been widely introduced to many areas for food, such as St Peter’s fish.
    • Tilapia and related genera, family Cichlidae: several species

Origin:

modern Latin, of unknown origin

tilapia in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of tilapia in the US English dictionary