Scarus

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scarus \Sca"rus\, n. [L. See {Scar} a kind of fish.] (Zool.)
     A Mediterranean food fish ({Sparisoma scarus}) of excellent
     quality and highly valued by the Romans; -- called also
     {parrot fish}.
     [1913 Webster]