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scalare Definition

☆ sca·lare (skə ler′ē, -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

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