1. Noun
A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement.
2. Noun
A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. See Illust.. under Axillary.
3. Verb
To mark with a scar or scars.
4. Verb
To form a scar.
5. Noun
An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth.
6. Noun
A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.
7. Noun
a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare
8. Noun
an indication of damage
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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