English Explanatory Dictionary

escolar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Lepidocybium flavobrunneum, one of the snake mackerels.
  2. Any fish of species Ruvettus pretiosus, oilfish.
  3. Any of several other perciform fish of the family Gempylidae (snake mackerels).

Word forms

escolar escolars

Etymology

From Spanish escolar, because of a resemblance of the rings around the eyes to a scholar's spectacles. Doublet of scholar. ]

Synonyms

snake mackerel walu waloo butterfish super white tuna white tuna ex-lax fish laxative of the sea
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