lates

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lates - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lates \La"tes\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a fish of the Nile.] (Zool.)
     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]

lates - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Lates
      n 1: a genus of large percoid fishes of fresh and brackish water
           [syn: Lates, genus Lates]