Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various fishes of the family Sparidae, which includes the porgies and the sea breams.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
perciform fishes of the familySparidae
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Sparidae, family name, from Sparus, type genus, from Latin, a kind of fish, from Greek sparos.]
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word sparid.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.