tilapia

Noun

Meaning

Any of various edible fish, formerly species of the genus Tilapia, but now placed in other cichlid genera (such as Oreochromis), native to Africa and the Middle East but cultivated worldwide.
Synonym: St. Peter's fish

(drag slang) A fishy (resembling a cisgender woman) drag queen; A drag queen who could pass for a woman, as opposed to one who is exaggeratedly feminine.

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Tilapia have often been represented as the aquatic chicken, and it's perfectly justified. Daniel Pauly

I panicked when my son, Jett, stopped eating baby food. He's only two, but his food vocabulary is fantastic. He likes my baked tilapia and string beans with chopped garlic. But he really likes pizza. Sometimes every inanimate object to him is pizza. Jill Scott

All of the fish and most of the other remains were determined to be human food refuse, due to cut marks and traces of burning—the two fish genera at Takarkori were identified as catfish and tilapia. Source: Internet

And those areas have more fish including tilapia, catfish and Nile perch. Source: Internet

A specialty of the region is a baked Tilapia flavored with celery, mint and a lot of lemon juice. Source: Internet

Almost all the dead fish were the fast-growing, rapidly reproducing tilapia. Source: Internet

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