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tilapia|tɪˈleɪpɪə|
[mod.L. (A. Smith: see quot. 1849), perh. f. Gr. τίλων, a fish name used by Aristotle + ἄπιος distant.]
A freshwater fish of the genus of this name, belonging to the family Cichlidæ, native to Africa but introduced elsewhere as a food fish or an aquarium species.
1849A. Smith Illustr. Zool. S. Afr.: Pisces 5 The fossæ or caverns connected with the gills are very indistinct, yet such traces of them exist as appears to warrant our regarding Tilapia as a fish of an aberrant form. 1901Trans. Zool. Soc. XV. 18 In these Tilapiæ..the function of protecting the eggs devolves on the male sex. 1932Discovery Feb. 43 (caption) The photograph shows a cat⁓fish with a Tilapia from its stomach. 1954V. Bartlett Rep. from Malaya iii. 56 A fish imported from Egypt, the tilapia,..hatches its eggs in its mouth and provides a refuge there for its young in moments of danger. 1965A. J. McClane Standard Fishing Encycl. 947/2 Tilapias have been experimentally bred in the southern United States (Alabama and Florida) where they have been stocked and caught in public waters. 1971Daily Tel. 13 May 13/5 Families [in Uganda] are widely encouraged to cultivate their own stocks of tilapia, a fat, flat-bodied fish common throughout Africa. |