noun
Meaning 1
Any of several perciform fishes of the family Sparidae
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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sparid
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noun
Meaning 2
spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sparid fish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
Narrower terms: sheepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus, pinfish, sailor's-choice, squirrelfish, Lagodon rhomboides, snapper, Chrysophrys auratus
History
Etymology
From Latin sparus (“bream”) + -id.