tilapia

noun/tɪˈlɑːpiə/CEFR B1

তেলাপিয়া মাছ, মাছ

Meaning

A common freshwater fish that is easy and cheap to farm.

Example sentences

  • Tilapia is cheap and widely available.তেলাপিয়া সস্তা এবং সহজলভ্য।
  • We had fried tilapia for lunch.দুপুরের খাবারে আমরা ভাজা তেলাপিয়া খেলাম।

Other English words for “তেলাপিয়া মাছ, মাছ”

  • fish

    An animal that lives in water and breathes with gills.

  • shad

    A silvery fish that swims up rivers to breed.

  • hilsa

    A prized silvery fish, the national fish of Bangladesh.

  • dry-fish

    Fish that has been dried in the sun to preserve it.

  • eel

    A long, thin sea or river fish that looks like a snake.

“tilapia” elsewhere on EnglishBD

  • It depends what is farmed — meat-eating species are fed pellets containing fishmeal made from wild-caught fish, while the carp and tilapia that fill Bangladesh's ponds need far less of it and eat largely plant-based feed.

    fishmeal — dictionary →

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    • • তেলাপিয়া মাছ, মাছ
    • • প্রতিধ্বনি; দূরপ্রসারী প্রভাব
    • • সংকীর্ণমনতা
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    তেলাপিয়া মাছ, মাছ — tilapia (noun) — তেলাপিয়া মাছ, মাছ. A common freshwater fish that is easy and cheap to farm.

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