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tilapia

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ti⋅la⋅pi⋅a

  [tuh-lah-pee-uh, -ley-]
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–noun
any freshwater cichlid of the genus Tilapia, of African waters: an important food fish.
Origin:
< NL (1849); ulterior orig. uncert.
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ti·la·pi·a   (tə-lä'pē-ə, -lā'-)   
n.  Any of various cichlid fishes of the genus Tilapia, native to Africa but introduced elsewhere as a valuable food fish.

[New Latin Tilapia, genus name.]
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