latesn.

Brit.

/ˈleɪtiːz/, U.S.

/ˈleɪdiz/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Lates.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Lates, genus name ( Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes Hist. nat. des poissons (1828) II. 65 as Latès ) < ancient Greek λάτος Nile perch ( > Arabic lāṭis ); further etymology uncertain (an Ancient Egyptian origin has sometimes been suggested). Compare earlier latus n.²

Zoology.

Any of various, mostly large, perciform fishes constituting the Old World genus Lates (family Latidae); esp. the Nile perch, L. niloticus, and the barramundi, L. calcarifer. Also and now usually (in form Lates): the genus itself.

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latus1598

cockup1718

lates1835

barramundi1873

Nile perch1931

1835 W. Jardine Nat. Hist. Fishes Perch Family (Naturalist's Libr.: Ichthyol. I) 101 (heading) The Lates of the Nile.

1882 J. E. Tenison-Woods Fish & Fisheries New S. Wales ii. 13 Therapon is another percoid genus... Lates is also a perch, and is known in India.

1920 Blackwood's Mag. May 655/1 Playing a giant lates is no joke.

1942 E. Mayr Systematics & Origin of Species (1999) viii. 215 The genus Lates (Nile perch) is represented by two forms in most of the East African lakes.

2001 Trop. Fish Hobbyist Apr. 169/1 Eventually the Nile perch outbred its food supply, and then the main food for Lates actually became smaller Lates.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lates
释义	latesn. Brit. /ˈleɪtiːz/, U.S. /ˈleɪdiz/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Lates. Etymology: < scientific Latin Lates, genus name ( Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes Hist. nat. des poissons (1828) II. 65 as Latès ) < ancient Greek λάτος Nile perch ( > Arabic lāṭis ); further etymology uncertain (an Ancient Egyptian origin has sometimes been suggested). Compare earlier latus n.² Zoology. Any of various, mostly large, perciform fishes constituting the Old World genus Lates (family Latidae); esp. the Nile perch, L. niloticus, and the barramundi, L. calcarifer. Also and now usually (in form Lates): the genus itself. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Serranidae (sea-bass) > [noun] > member of genus Lates (Nile perch) latus1598 cockup1718 lates1835 barramundi1873 Nile perch1931 1835 W. Jardine Nat. Hist. Fishes Perch Family (Naturalist's Libr.: Ichthyol. I) 101 (heading) The Lates of the Nile. 1882 J. E. Tenison-Woods Fish & Fisheries New S. Wales ii. 13 Therapon is another percoid genus... Lates is also a perch, and is known in India. 1920 Blackwood's Mag. May 655/1 Playing a giant lates is no joke. 1942 E. Mayr Systematics & Origin of Species (1999) viii. 215 The genus Lates (Nile perch) is represented by two forms in most of the East African lakes. 2001 Trop. Fish Hobbyist Apr. 169/1 Eventually the Nile perch outbred its food supply, and then the main food for Lates actually became smaller Lates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835
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