escolar

[es-kuh-lahr]

noun

plural

escolar ,

plural

escolars .

1. a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.

escolar

/ ˌɛskəˈlɑː /

noun

1. Also called: snake mackerel. any slender spiny-finned fish of the family Gempylidae, of warm and tropical seas: similar and closely related to the scombroid fishes

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

For instance, one student purchased "white tuna" at an all-you-can-eat sushi buffet that turned out to be escolar.

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Worldwide Asian catfish, hake and escolar were the fish most likely victims.

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One frequent substitute for some varieties of tuna is escolar, a hard-to-digest oilfish.

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The rule is intended to prevent oilfish and escolar from being mislabeled as tuna.

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The law is also targeting a fish known as escolar, which officials say is commonly sold as white tuna.

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