Definition of LATES

lates

Meanings

Plural: lates

Noun

  • a genus of large percoid fishes of fresh and brackish water
  • Any of various large fish of genus Lates, especially the Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and the barramundi (Lates calcarifer).
  • plural of late

Origin / Etymology

Scientific Latin, from Ancient Greek λάτος (látos, “Nile perch”), of uncertain origin.

Synonyms

genus Lates

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