scalare

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(skə lâr′ē, -lär′ē)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
sca•lar•e  (skə lâr′ē, -lär′ē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Fishany of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
  • Neo-Latin; Latin scālāre, neuter of scālāris scalar; from its ladderlike markings
  • 1925–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
scalare / skəˈlɛərɪ/
  1. another name for angelfish2
Etymology: 19th Century: from Latin scālāris of a ladder, scalar, referring to the runglike pattern on its body
'scalare' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
angelfish - escalade - scale

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