Lates

noun

La·​tes

ˈlāˌtēz

: a genus of large percoid fishes of fresh and brackish water including the Nile perch and the barramundi

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, irregular from Greek latos Nile perch

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

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