any marine percoid fish of the chiefly tropical and subtropical family Sparidae, having a deep compressed body and well-developed teeth: includes the sea breams and porgies
adjective
2.
of, relating to, or belonging to the family Sparidae
Word origin
C20: from New Latin Sparidae, from Latin sparus a sea bream, from Greek sparos
sparid in American English
(ˈspærɪd)
noun
1.
any of numerous fishes of the family Sparidae, chiefly inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, comprising the porgies, the scups, etc.
adjective
2.
belonging or pertaining to the Sparidae
Word origin
[‹ NL Sparidae, equiv. to Spar(us) a genus (L: gilthead ‹ Gk spáros) + -idae -id2]-id is a suffix occurring in English derivatives of modern Latin taxonomic names, esp.zoological families and classes; such derivatives are usually nouns denoting a singlemember of the taxon or adjectives with the sense “pertaining to” the taxon. Otherwords that use the affix -id include: arachnid, canid