bolti

noun

bol·​ti

variants or less commonly bolty

ˈbōltē

or bulti

ˈbu̇l-

plural boltis also bolties

: a cichlid food fish (Tilapia nilotica) of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor

Word History

Etymology

Arabic bulṭi

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