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es⋅co⋅lar
[es-kuh-lahr] 
–noun, plural (especially collectively
) -lar, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -lars.
) -lar, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -lars. | a snake mackerel, esp. Lepidocybium flavobrunneum. |
Origin:
1885–90; < Sp: lit., scholar; so called from the spectaclelike rings around the eyes
1885–90; < Sp: lit., scholar; so called from the spectaclelike rings around the eyes
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| es·co·lar (ěs'kə-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 scholāris, of a school; see scholar.] |
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