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sparoid

sparoid adjective: of or pertaining to the family, Sparidae, of deep-bodied, spinous-finned marine fish, including the sea bream, porgy, scup, and sheepshead.

Adjective

sparoid (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the family, Sparidae, of deep-bodied, spinous-finned marine fish, including the sea bream, porgy, scup, and sheepshead.

Noun

sparoid (plural sparoids)

  1. Any fish of the family Sparidae.

Forms of sparoid

pluralsparoids

Origin of sparoid

From Latin sparus (“gilt-head, a certain kind of fish”) + -oid (“resembling”, suffix forming an adjective).

Questions about sparoid

What does sparoid mean?
Sparoid means of or pertaining to the family, Sparidae, of deep-bodied, spinous-finned marine fish, including the sea bream, porgy, scup, and sheepshead.
What part of speech is sparoid?
Sparoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near sparoid in the dictionary

  1. sparling
  2. sparlings
  3. sparmaker
  4. sparmakers
  5. sparmaking
  6. sparoid
  7. sparoids
  8. SPARQL
  9. sparr
  10. sparra
  11. sparras

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