Definition of lates

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Lates (n.) 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..

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Stipule :: Stipulator (n.) One who stipulates, contracts, or covenants..
Griman :: Griman (n.) The man who manipulates a grip.
Lamellated :: Lamellated (a.) Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales. See Illust. of Antennae..
Dilate :: Dilate (v. t.) To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to contract; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by increase of heat..
Interpreter :: Interpreter (n.) One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties..
Chrysology :: Chrysology (n.) That branch of political economy which relates to the production of wealth.
Cestraciont :: Cestraciont (n.) A shark of the genus Cestracion, and of related genera. The posterior teeth form a pavement of bony plates for crushing shellfish. Most of the species are extinct. The Port Jackson shark and a similar one found in California are living examples..
Ambulacral :: Ambulacral (a.) Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms..
Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom..
Cassowary :: Cassowary (n.) A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc..
Solleret :: Solleret (n.) A flexible steel shoe (or one of the plates forming such a shoe), worn with mediaeval armor..
Grapeshot :: Grapeshot (n.) A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags..
Interepimeral :: Interepimeral (a.) Between the epimeral plates of insects and crustaceans.
Scapula :: Scapula (n.) One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise.
Dauber :: Dauber (n.) A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber..
Phrenics :: Phrenics (n.) That branch of science which relates to the mind; mental philosophy.
Land :: Land (n.) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also landing.
Print :: Print (v. t.) To strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a book..
Populator :: Populator (n.) One who populates.
Prelatess :: Prelatess (n.) A woman who is a prelate; the wife of a prelate.
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