SCARUS

Meaning of SCARUS in English

n. any fish of the genus Scarus, with brightly coloured scales, and teeth fused to form a parrot-like beak used for eating coral. Also called parrot-fish.

Etymology: L f. Gk skaros

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

SCARUS — ˈska(a)rəs noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek skaros; probably akin to Greek skairein to skip, leap 1. -es : a parrot …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCARUS — (n.) A Mediterranean food fish (Sparisoma scarus) of excellent quality and highly valued by the Romans; -- called also parrot …
Английский словарь Webster
SCARUS — ( n. ) A Mediterranean food fish (Sparisoma scarus) of excellent quality and highly valued by the Romans; -- called …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCARUS — noun a mediterranean food fish (sparisoma scarus) of excellent quality and highly valued by the romans; called also parrot …
Webster English vocab
SCARUS — n. any fish of the genus Scarus, with brightly coloured scales, and teeth fused to form a parrot-like beak used …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SCARUS — n. any fish of the genus Scarus, with brightly coloured scales, and teeth fused to form a parrot-like beak used …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PARROT FISH — Any of about 80 species (family Scaridae) of slender, blunt-headed, deep-bodied fishes found on tropical reefs. They are often brightly …
Английский словарь Британика
SCAROID — I. ˈska(a)ˌrȯid adjective Etymology: New Latin Scarus + English -oid : resembling or related to the Scaridae II. noun ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCARIDAE — ˈskarəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Scarus, type genus + -idae : a family of marine percoid …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PSEUDOSCARUS — |sü(ˌ)dō+ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from pseud- + Scarus : a widely distributed genus of parrot fishes
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PARROT WRASSE — noun : parrot fish ; especially : a parrot fish of the genus Scarus
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLUE PARROT FISH — noun 1. : either of two large chiefly West Indian parrot fishes ( Scarus caeruleus and Sparisoma chrysopterum ) 2. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCAR — (n.) A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.
Английский словарь Webster
BULLON — (n.) A West Indian fish (Scarus Croicensis).
Английский словарь Webster
SCAR — ( n. ) A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BULLON — ( n. ) A West Indian fish (Scarus Croicensis).
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCAR — vi to form a scar. 2. scar ·vt to mark with a scar or scars. 3. scar ·noun a marine …
Webster English vocab
BULLON — noun a west indian fish (scarus croicensis).
Webster English vocab
PARROTFISH — ■ noun ( plural same or ~es ) 1》 a brightly coloured sea fish with a parrot-like beak. [ Scarus …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PARROT FISH — any of about 80 species of fishes of the family Scaridae (order Perciformes) found on tropical reefs. Parrot fishes are …
Britannica English vocabulary
SCAROID — n. & adj. --n. any colourful marine fish of the family Scaridae, native to tropical and temperate seas, including the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PARROT — n. & v. --n. 1 any of various mainly tropical birds of the order Psittaciformes, with a short hooked bill, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SCAROID — n. & adj. n. any colourful marine fish of the family Scaridae, native to tropical and temperate seas, including the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PARROT — n. & v. n. 1 any of various mainly tropical birds of the order Psittaciformes, with a short hooked bill, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SCAROID — n. & adj. --n. any colourful marine fish of the family Scaridae, native to tropical and temperate seas, including the …
Oxford English vocab
PARROT — n. & v. --n. 1. any of various mainly tropical birds of the order Psittaciformes, with a short hooked bill, …
Oxford English vocab
PARROT FISH — Any of about 80 species (family Scaridae) of slender, blunt-headed, deep-bodied fishes found on tropical reefs. They are often brightly …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PARROT FISH — 1) рыба-попугай (Scarus); pl скаровые, рыбы-попугаи (Scaridae) 2) ножезуб (Oplegnathus); pl оплегнатовые (Oplegnathidae) 3) лжегубан (Pseudolabrus)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
PARROT FISH — 1) рыба-попугай ( Scarus ) ; pl скаровые, рыбы-попугаи ( Scaridae ) 2) ножезуб ( Oplegnathus ) ; pl оплегнатовые …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
РЫБА-ПОПУГАЙ — (Scarus) parrot fish
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь

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