Etymology

scarus

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Today it means: A parrotfish, a Mediterranean food fish (any of various Scaridae species). Full definition →

Latin scarus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromscarus
  2. English todayscarus

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

Words from the same roots

Latinscarus all →

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