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Webster 1913 Edition
Lates
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La′tes
,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.