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escolar
[ es-kuh-lahr ]
noun
, plural (especially collectively) es·co·lar, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) es·co·lars.
- a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
escolar
/ ˌɛskəˈlɑː /
noun
- any slender spiny-finned fish of the family Gempylidae, of warm and tropical seas: similar and closely related to the scombroid fishes Also calledsnake mackerel
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Word History and Origins
Origin of escolar1
1885–90; < Spanish: literally, scholar; so called from the spectaclelike rings around the eyes
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Word History and Origins
Origin of escolar1
from Spanish: scholar ; so called from the rings round its eyes, suggestive of spectacles
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Example Sentences
Maybe they can actually distinguish white tuna from escolar.
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