- sparid
-
/spar"id/, n.1. any of numerous fishes of the family Sparidae, chiefly inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, comprising the porgies, the scups, etc.adj.2. belonging or pertaining to the Sparidae.
* * *
Universalium. 2010.
sparid
Look at other dictionaries:
sparid — noun spiny finned food fishes of warm waters having well developed teeth • Syn: ↑sparid fish • Hypernyms: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid, ↑percoidean • Hyponyms: ↑sheepshead, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sparid fish — noun spiny finned food fishes of warm waters having well developed teeth • Syn: ↑sparid • Hypernyms: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid, ↑percoidean • Hyponyms: ↑sheepshead, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sparid — noun Any of several perciform fishes of the family Sparidae Syn: porgy … Wiktionary
sparid — spar·id … English syllables
sparid — /ˈspærəd/ (say sparuhd) adjective of or belonging to the Sparidae, a family of deep bodied, marine fishes, as the Australian snapper and bream …
sparid — a., ♦ sparoid a. pertaining to or like sea bream … Dictionary of difficult words
Sparidae — Sparoid Spa roid (?; 277), a. [L. sparus the gilthead + oid: cf. F. sparo[ i]de.] (Zo[ o]l.) Of or pertaining to the {Sparid[ae]}, a family of spinous finned fishes which includes the scup, sheepshead, and sea bream. n. One of the {Sparid[ae]}.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sparidae — Sparoid Spa roid (?; 277), a. [L. sparus the gilthead + oid: cf. F. sparo[ i]de.] (Zo[ o]l.) Of or pertaining to the {Sparid[ae]}, a family of spinous finned fishes which includes the scup, sheepshead, and sea bream. n. One of the {Sparid[ae]}.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sparoid — Spa roid (?; 277), a. [L. sparus the gilthead + oid: cf. F. sparo[ i]de.] (Zo[ o]l.) Of or pertaining to the {Sparid[ae]}, a family of spinous finned fishes which includes the scup, sheepshead, and sea bream. n. One of the {Sparid[ae]}. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
porgy — /pawr gee/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) porgy, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) porgies. 1. a sparid food fish, Pagrus pagrus, found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America. 2. any of several other… … Universalium
