"Nile perch" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Nile perches [plural], Nile perch [plural]
Etymology: Nile + perch Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Nile|perch}} Nile + perch Head templates: {{en-noun|+|Nile perch}} Nile perch (plural Nile perches or Nile perch)
  1. Lates niloticus, a species of freshwater fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes. Categories (lifeform): Percoid fish Translations (Lates niloticus): akwabi (Akan), λάτος (látos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), Nilbarsch [masculine] (German), ナイルパーチ (nairupāchi) (Japanese), mbuta (Luo), ни́льский о́кунь (nílʹskij ókunʹ) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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