sparid

spar·id  (sprd, spâr-)

adj.

Of or belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the porgies and sea breams.

n.

A member of the Sparidae.

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[From New Latin Sparidae, family name, from Sparus, type genus, from Latin, a kind of fish, from Greek sparos.]

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sparid [ˈspærɪd], sparoid

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any marine percoid fish of the chiefly tropical and subtropical family Sparidae, having a deep compressed body and well-developed teeth: includes the sea breams and porgies

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the family Sparidae

[from New Latin Sparidae, from Latin sparus a sea bream, from Greek sparos]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sparid - spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth sparid fish percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes family Sparidae, Sparidae - porgies; scups Archosargus probatocephalus, sheepshead - large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico Lagodon rhomboides, pinfish, sailor's-choice, squirrelfish - similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States Chrysophrys auratus, snapper - Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots