noun. A fish of the genus Scarus.

noun. [capitalized] [NL. (Gronovius, 1763; Forskål, 1775).] A genus of acanthopterygian fishes, of which the scarus of the ancient Greeks and Romans is the oldest known species, giving name to the Scaridæ or Scarinæ, and having varying limits; the parrot-wrasses or parrot-fishes.

noun. A Mediterranean food fish (Sparisoma scarus) of excellent quality and highly valued by the Romans; -- called also parrot fish.

noun. A Mediterranean food fish (Sparisoma scarus); parrotfish.

"Of all fishes the so-called scarus, or parrot, wrasse, is the only one known to chew the cud like a quadruped."

parrotfish