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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a fish of the Nile.]

(Zool.)

A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (

Lates Niloticus

) inhabits the Nile, and another (

Lates calcarifer

) is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are valued as food fishes.