Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scarus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scarus
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A parrotfish, a Mediterranean food fish (any of various Scaridae species).

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: scarus

Inflected Forms

scari (plural)

Questions

What does scarus mean?: A parrotfish, a Mediterranean food fish (any of various Scaridae species).
Where does scarus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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