Definition of Tilapia nilotica

1. Noun. Important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor.

Exact synonyms: Bolti
Generic synonyms: Cichlid, Cichlid Fish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tilapia Nilotica

Tifinagh
Tiflis
Tigers
Tigger
Tiggers
Tigre
Tigrigna
Tigrinya
Tigris
Tigris River
Tijuana
Tikkun Leil Shavuot
Tikrit
Tilapia nilotica (current term)
Tilda
Tilden
Tilia
Tilia americana
Tilia cordata
Tilia heterophylla
Tilia japonica
Tilia tomentosa
Tiliaceae
Tiliomycetes
Tillandsia usneoides
Tillaux
Tilletia
Tilletia caries

Literary usage of Tilapia nilotica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rock Tombs of Deir El Gebrâwi by Norman de Garis Davies, Walter Ewing Crum, George Albert Boulenger (1902)
"In thè water (in order from the right) are Tilapia nilotica, Crocodile, Synodontis schall, Mugil, Synodontis membranaceus, Crocodile, ..."

2. The Rock Tombs of Deir El Gebrâwi by Norman de Garis Davies, Walter Ewing Crum, George Albert Boulenger (1902)
"Eutropius niloticus, Synodontis schall, and Tilapia nilotica. PL xxi. At the top, Mugil, enlarged from PL iv. In the net, beginning from the top, Mugil, ..."

3. Azolla Utilization: Proceedings of the Workshop on Azolla Use, Fuzhou by International Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (1987)
"Azolla uptake by Tilapia nilotica and digestive rate Tilapia nilotica is an important ... N, P, and K contents in Azolla and in feces of Tilapia nilotica. ..."

4. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... are confined to tropical America and to corresponding districts in Africa and western Asia. Tilapia nilotica abounds in the Nile. ..."

5. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"... are confined to tropical America and to corresponding districts in Africa and western Asia. Tilapia nilotica abounds in the Nile. ..."

6. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"... fish of the Nile (Tilapia nilotica), esteemed as food. BOLTING-CLOTH (ME. bulten, OF. bulter, ..."

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