A.parrot-wrasse, Scarus cretensis, supposed by the ancients to chew the cud, Epich.54, Arist.HA508b11, 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.]