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spar⋅id

  [spar-id]
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–noun
1. any of numerous fishes of the family Sparidae, chiefly inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, comprising the porgies, the scups, etc.
–adjective
2. belonging or pertaining to the Sparidae.
Origin:
< NL Sparidae, equiv. to Spar(us) a genus (L: gilthead < Gk spáros) + -idae -id 2
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spar·id   (spār'ĭd, spâr'-)   
adj.  Of or belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the porgies and sea breams.
n.  A member of the Sparidae.

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