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lates
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lates, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a fish of the Nile.].
A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (Lates Niloticus ) inhabits the Nile, and another (Lates calcarifer ) is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are valued as food fishes. [1913 Webster]
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