Tilapia
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- noun
- /tɪˈlɑːpiə/
- Specialized
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tilapia
- But vegetarian species, such as Chinese carp and tilapia, can be raised on feed made from plants instead of wild-caught fish.
- Nile tilapia
- culture of tilapia
They say eating a piece of tilapia is really worse than eating bacon.
- They say eating a piece of tilapia is really worse than eating bacon.
- It does say with grilled tilapia in gravy grain, gluten and carradine and free which is good.
Examples
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Island farm-raised tilapia is clean, fresh, and mild-flavored, and versatile enough to allow many different preparation methods.
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My problem with tilapia is that you really have to know where and how it was raised.
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It's all good, but I'm kind of partial to the tilapia.
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I'm at Whole Foods working on my book promotion and I picked up a coffee from Whole Foods and lunch is going to be some tilapia and some spinach.
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For dinner, we had a delicious tilapia fillet with lemon and herbs.
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The restaurant offers a variety of dishes, and one of the specials is tilapia with garlic butter.
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In many African regions, tilapia is a staple food and is often grilled or fried.
Compounds
- Specialized
A common freshwater fish from the Nile and other African rivers often farmed for food
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tilapia comes from an African language word tlhapi, which simply means 'fish'. So the name fits: Tilapia is the local name for these freshwater fish that people now farm and eat around the world.