Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sparoid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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]}.
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