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

Word History and Origins

Origin of escolar¹

1885–90; < Spanish: literally, scholar; so called from the spectaclelike rings around the eyes

Word History and Origins

Origin of escolar¹

from Spanish: scholar ; so called from the rings round its eyes, suggestive of spectacles

Example Sentences

Maybe they can actually distinguish white tuna from escolar.

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