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sca·la·re
\skəˈla(a)rē, -lärā\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: New Latin, specific epithet of Pterophyllum scalare, from Latin, neuter of scalaris of a ladder; from the barred pattern on its body
: a popular cichlid tropical aquarium fish (Pterophyllum scalare) of So. American origin laterally compressed with large pointed fins and strikingly barred with black and silver; also : a very similar but smaller fish (P. einekei) |