Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sparoid \Spa"roid\ (?; 277), a. [L. sparus the gilthead + -oid:
   cf. F. sparo["i]de.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Of or pertaining to the {Sparid[ae]}, a family of
   spinous-finned fishes which includes the scup, sheepshead,
   and sea bream. -- n. One of the {Sparid[ae]}.