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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.
  1. a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.


escolar

/ ˌɛskəˈlɑː /

noun

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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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