σκάρος

A. parrot-wrasse, Scarus cretensis, supposed by the ancients to chew the cud, Epich. 54, Arist. HA 508b11, Archestr. Frr. 13,41 (where σπάρον is dub. cj.), PCair.Zen. 83.2 (iii B.C.), Gal. Vict.Att. 8. (Prob. from σκαίρω, Arist. Fr. 332.) [α, ll. cc.; α dub. in Philem. 79.20.]