The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scarus \Sca"rus\, n. [L. See Scar a kind of fish.] (Zo["o]l.) A Mediterranean food fish ( Sparisoma scarus) of excellent quality and highly valued by the Romans; -- called also parrot fish.
Usage examples of "parrot fish".
He was amusingly surprised to see a blue parrot fish swim nonchalantly out of the tube and into the compartment.
Brightly hued snappers mingled with huge parrot fish and groupers while little iridescent yellow-and-purple tropical fish darted around tiny brown-and-red sea horses.
Even in the distance they couldn't see anything larger than a few parrot fish nestled along the wall of the reef.
He saw a flash out the side of his mask and whipped around in time to see a harmless green parrot fish munching coral.
A number of colorful parrot fish wheeled in those crystal-clear depths and sped out of sight into the shadows of the cliffside closer to the shore.
One old man was reading -Modern Maturity-, and two old women were staring at two parrot fish swimming around in the saltwater aquarium.
I say 'eroded' but much of it, believe it or not, comes from parrot fish .
As the inner hatch opened, she thought of hibiscus blossoms, parrot fish, and the little lizards that scooted along the wall of the Pompano apartment she had shared with Glenn.