Scarlet \Scar"let\, a.
   Of the color called scarlet; as,
         a scarlet cloth or thread.
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   Scarlet admiral
         (Zool.), the red admiral. See under Red.
      -- Scarlet
         bean (Bot.), a kind of bean (Phaseolus
         multiflorus)
         having scarlet flowers; scarlet runner.

   {Scarlet
         fever} (Med.), a contagious febrile disease
     
         characterized by inflammation of the fauces and a scarlet
 
             rash, appearing usually on the second day, and ending
         in
      desquamation about the sixth or seventh day.

  
         Scarlet fish
         (Zool.), the telescope fish; -- so called
         from
      its red color. See under Telescope.

  
         Scarlet ibis
         (Zool.) See under Ibis.


           {Scarlet
         maple} (Bot.), the red maple. See Maple.

   {Scarlet
         mite} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of bright
     
         red carnivorous mites found among grass and moss,
     
         especially Thombidium holosericeum and allied
         species.
  
            The young are parasitic upon spiders and insects.

  
         Scarlet oak (Bot.),
         a species of oak ({Quercus
         coccinea})
      of the United States; -- so called from
         the scarlet color
      of its leaves in autumn.

  
         Scarlet runner
         (Bot.), the scarlet bean.

   {Scarlet
         tanager}. (Zool.) See under Tanager.
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         Webster]