σκάρος,ὁ, a sea-fish, the
A. parrot-wrasse, Scarus cretensis, supposed by the ancients to chew the cud, Epich. 54 , Arist. HA 508b11 , Archestr. Frr. 13 , 41 (whereσπάρονis dub. cj.), PCair.Zen. 83.2
(iii B.C.), Gal. Vict.Att. 8 . (Prob. fromσκαίρω, Arist. Fr. 332 .) [ᾰ, ll. cc.;ᾱdub. in Philem. 79.20 .]