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Lates Niloticus
Lates La"tes, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a fish of the Nile.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (Lates Niloticus) inhabits the Nile, and another (L. calcarifer) is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are valued as food fishes.
V Niloticus
Monitor Mon"i*tor, n. [L., fr. monere. See Monition, and cf. Mentor.] 1. One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution. You need not be a monitor to the king. --Bacon. 2. Hence, specifically, a pupil selected to look to the school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the Egyptian species (V. Niloticus), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long. 4. [So called from the name given by Captain Ericson, its designer, to the first ship of the kind.] An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns. 5. (Mach.) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting. Monitor top, the raised central portion, or clearstory, of a car roof, having low windows along its sides.
Vulpes Niloticus
Tahaleb Ta*ha"leb, n. [From the native name.] (Zo["o]l.) A fox (Vulpes Niloticus) of Northern Africa.

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- Originally described as Labrus niloticus, among the marine wr****es, the species has also been referred to as Centropomus niloticus. Common names include African...
- Crocodylus niloticus is derived from the Gr**** κρόκη, kroke ("pebble"), δρῖλος, drilos ("worm"), referring to its rough skin; and niloticus, meaning "from...
- L. niloticus may refer to: Labeo niloticus, the Nile carp, a fish species distributed along the entire Nile valley Lates niloticus, the Nile perch, a...
- The Nile monitor (Var**** niloticus) is a large member of the monitor family (Varanidae) found throughout most of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in...
- The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is a species of tilapia, a cichlid fish native to parts of Africa and the Levant, particularly Israel and Lebanon...
- extremely similar to G. niloticus and likewise employs a jamming avoidance response, evolved convergently. Gymnarchus niloticus is predatory both as a...
- Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreochromis niloticus". FishBase. September 2012 version. "Oreochromis niloticus Linnaeus, 1758)". Species Fact Sheet. Food...
- Numerous specimens of A. niloticus are known from Miocene deposits around Lake Albert. ****berlidge, N. (2016). "Potamonautes niloticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened...
- The West African Nile monitor (Var**** niloticus stellatus) is a subspecies of the Nile monitor that is native to West African forests and adjacent savannah...
- often confused with, the larger and more aggressive Nile crocodile (C. niloticus). The species was named by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1807, who...