scalare

(skə lerē, -lär-)

noun

any of a genus (Pterophyllum) of freshwater cichlid fishes of N South America, having a flattened body and transparent pectoral fins; angelfish: popular as an aquarium fish

Origin: ModL < L, neut. of scalaris, ladderlike (see scalar): from the lateral markings

See scalare in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: Latin scālāre

Origin: , neuter of scālāris, of a ladder (so-called from its parallel markings)

Origin: , from scālae, ladder; see Scale 2

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