tilapian.

/tɪˈleɪpɪə/

Etymology: modern Latin (A. Smith: see quot. 1849), perhaps < Greek 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.

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1849 A. 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.

1898 Trans. Zool. Soc. 15 i. 18 In these Tilapiæ..the function of protecting the eggs devolves on the male sex.

1932 Discovery Feb. 43 (caption) The photograph shows a cat~fish with a Tilapia from its stomach.

1954 V. 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.

1965 A. 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.

1971 Daily 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	tilapia
释义	tilapian. /tɪˈleɪpɪə/ Etymology: modern Latin (A. Smith: see quot. 1849), perhaps < Greek 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. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Cichlidae (cichlids) > member of genus Tilapia tilapia1849 ngege1928 1849 A. 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. 1898 Trans. Zool. Soc. 15 i. 18 In these Tilapiæ..the function of protecting the eggs devolves on the male sex. 1932 Discovery Feb. 43 (caption) The photograph shows a cat~fish with a Tilapia from its stomach. 1954 V. 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. 1965 A. 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. 1971 Daily 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1849
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