Scarus

·noun A Mediterranean food fish (Sparisoma scarus) of excellent quality and highly valued by the Romans;

— called also parrot fish.

scarus
scărus (scārus, Enn. ap. Ap. Mag. p. 299), i, m., = σκάρος, scar , a kind of seafish much esteeme...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
scarus
scarus ī, m , σκάρος, a sea-fish, scar, parrotfish (a delicacy), H., O. ...

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