tilapia

noun

ti·​la·​pia tə-ˈlä-pē-ə  -ˈlā- 

plural tilapia also tilapias

: any of numerous chiefly African freshwater cichlid fishes (genera Oreochromis, Tilapia, and Sarotherodon) often raised for food

Examples of tilapia in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The food truck’s hot holding unit clearly wasn’t so hot, either, as a summer afternoon rainstorm of Stop Sales came down on oxtails, pork chop, salmon, macaroni and cheese, grits, raw chicken, raw pork, liquid eggs, raw tilapia, salmon salad, sausage and hot dogs. —David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025

Choose boneless options like tilapia, cod, haddock, or salmon. —Lindsay Curtis, Health, 25 Oct. 2025

Mercy's Kitchen Mercy's Kitchen is a new West African restaurant in Gilbert focusing on Ghanaian cuisine such as jollof, a fragrant rice dish with vegetables and spices; fufu and goat meat in spicy broth; and grilled tilapia and banku. —Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025

Cod, freshly-cut each day and from the Atlantic Ocean, is one of the most popular catches, along with catfish, tilapia, and haddock. —Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, genus name

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tilapia

• tapia