Crossword clues for tilapia
tilapia
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1849, formed in Modern Latin, perhaps from Greek tilon, name of a fish in Aristotle, + apios "distant."
Wiktionary
n. Any of various edible fish, of the genus ''Tilapia'', native to Africa and the Middle East but naturalized worldwide.
Wikipedia
Tilapia is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the tilapiine cichlid tribe. Tilapia are mainly freshwater fish inhabiting shallow streams, ponds, rivers and lakes and less commonly found living in brackish water. Historically, they have been of major importance in artisan fishing in Africa and the Middle East, and they are of increasing importance in aquaculture and aquaponics. Tilapia can become problematic invasive species in new warm-water habitats such as Australia, whether deliberately or accidentally introduced, but generally not in temperate climates due to their inability to survive in cold water.
Usage examples of "tilapia".
But unlike the skittish Pacu, these fish, Tilapia according to their note board, seemed calm and relaxed as they wove in and out among each other.
All the way down we had reckoned on the El Molo supplying us with fish, for this small lakeshore tribe had existed for centuries on the teeming marine life of the lake, particularly tilapia and the huge Nile perch.
A wind got up, rattling the palm fronds overhead, the moon leering down at us, more lop-sided than ever, and then at last there were shouts and the two Africans were back with an old fishing net full of tilapia, all gutted and cleaned.
We got a fire going and cooked them on sticks of thorn, holding them by the fins that fringed their flat bodies, and it was while we were squatting there in front of the blaze, sucking the flesh of the tilapia and trying to fend off the mosquitoes, that a dark figure suddenly emerged from the palms.
When 2 million fish, mostly tilapia, died on August 27-28, the shoreline quickly became a putrefying, malodorous mass of carcasses rotting in 120 degree heat and 75 percent humidity.
I found out, for example, that you were quick to jump to conclusions, and that you loved tilapia with spice berry sauce.
The racks on which they had dried their catches of tilapia bream and barbeled catfish still stood, but their huts had been burned to the ground.
The smaller man -- wide eyes and tiny chin made him favor a gussied-up tilapia -- seized Kiku Naguchi.
She had much to offer him, starting with a baked tilapia dinner that would knock his socks off.
Talia asked questions about the tilapia and the chocolate trifle in her last-ditch effort to hold things up until Naomi arrived, but no such luck.
All the way down we had reckoned on the El Molo supplying us with fish, for this small lakeshore tribe had existed for centuries on the teeming marine life of the lake, particularly tilapia and the huge Nile perch.