Associations to the word «Tilapia»

Wiktionary

TILAPIA, noun. Any of various edible fish, of the genus Tilapia, native to Africa and the Middle East but naturalized worldwide.
TILAPIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Cichlidae   — the tilapia fish.

Dictionary definition

TILAPIA, noun. A genus of Cichlidae.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats