Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling a sea-bream; of or pertaining to the Sparidæ in a broad sense. Also
sparidal . - noun A sparoid fish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the
Sparidæ , a family of spinous-finned fishes which includes the scup, sheepshead, and sea bream.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to fish of the
Sparidae family. - noun Any fish of the
Sparidae family.
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