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GENUS LATES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of large percoid fishes of fresh and brackish water

Synonyms:

genus Lates; Lates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Lates" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Lates"):

Asian seabass; barramundi; giant perch; giant seaperch; Lates calcarifer; white seabass (a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats)

Holonyms ("genus Lates" is a member of...):

Centropomidae; family Centropomidae (a family of fish or the order Perciformes including robalos)

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