genus tilapia

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   a genus of Cichlidae

   SynonymsTilapia

   Broaderfish genus

   Part ofCichlidae

Questions about genus tilapia

What does genus tilapia mean?

genus tilapia means "a genus of Cichlidae".

What is another word for genus tilapia?

Close synonyms include Tilapia. 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 tilapia a common word?

genus tilapia 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.