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scarus

scarus noun: a parrotfish, a Mediterranean food fish (any of various Scaridae species).

Noun

scarus (plural scari)

  1. A parrotfish, a Mediterranean food fish (any of various Scaridae species).

Forms of scarus

pluralscari

Origin of scarus

From Latin scarus. See scar (“a kind of fish”).

Questions about scarus

What does scarus mean?
Scarus means a parrotfish, a Mediterranean food fish (any of various Scaridae species).
What part of speech is scarus?
Scarus is a noun.
What is the plural of scarus?
The plural of scarus is scari.

Words near scarus in the dictionary

  1. scarsellas
  2. scart
  3. scarted
  4. scarting
  5. scarts
  6. scarus
  7. Scarva
  8. scarve
  9. scarved
  10. scarveless
  11. scarves

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