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Definition of Sparid
1. Noun. Spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth.
Generic synonyms: Percoid, Percoid Fish, Percoidean
Group relationships: Family Sparidae, Sparidae
Specialized synonyms: Archosargus Probatocephalus, Sheepshead, Lagodon Rhomboides, Pinfish, Sailor's-choice, Squirrelfish, Chrysophrys Auratus, Snapper
Definition of Sparid
1. Noun. Any of several perciform fishes of the family Sparidae ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sparid
1. any of a family of marine fishes [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sparid
Literary usage of Sparid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature by London International Fisheries Exhibition (1884)
"sparid.E. This family furnishes some of the most important of our food-fishes,
and from it comes our chief supply. The carnivorous sparidae include the ..."
2. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"X. Maxillary slipping under preorbital for its whole length. sparid.E, 66. XX.
Maxillary not slipping under preorbital for its whole length. ..."
3. A Collection of English Miracle-plays Or Mysteries: Containing Ten Dramas by William Marriott (1838)
"Mi harte blode sparid thai not to spille, Man, for thi luf wold I not lett. ...
Thai sparid me no more then a ..."
4. The Towneley Plays by George England, Alfred William Pollard, Eugen Kölbing (1897)
"... A spere vnto my harte thai sett; Mi harte blode sparid thai not to ...
thai sparid! me no more then a ..."
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