genus lates

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   a genus of large percoid fishes of fresh and brackish water

   SynonymsLates

   Broaderfish genus

   Part ofCentropomidae

Questions about genus lates

What does genus lates mean?

genus lates means "a genus of large percoid fishes of fresh and brackish water".

What is another word for genus lates?

Close synonyms include Lates. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus lates a common word?

genus lates is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.