adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any fish of the family Sparidae.

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to the family, Sparidae, of deep-bodied, spinous-finned marine fish, including the sea bream, porgy, scup, and sheepshead. not-comparable

Etymology

From Latin sparus (“gilt-head, a certain kind of fish”) + -oid (“resembling”, suffix forming an adjective).

Related phrases

sea bream

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