es·co·lar ( s k -lär )n. pl. escolar or es·co·lars Any of several slender fishes of the family Gempylidae, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum, of warm marine waters. [Spanish, student (from the spectaclelike rings around its eyes), from Late Latin schol  ris, of a school; see scholar.] |
escolar [ˌɛskəˈlɑː]
n pl -lars, -lar
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any slender spiny-finned fish of the family Gempylidae, of warm and tropical seas: similar and closely related to the scombroid fishes Also called snake mackerel
[from Spanish: scholar; so called from the rings round its eyes, suggestive of spectacles]
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| Noun | 1. |  escolar - large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyesgempylid - snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide genus Lepidocybium, Lepidocybium - a genus of Gempylidae |
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