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Added 8 October 2026

escolar

noun

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Any member of the species Lepidocybium flavobrunneum of snake mackerels.
Any fish of species Ruvettus pretiosus, oilfish.
Any of several other perciform fish of the family Gempylidae (snake mackerels).

Origin

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

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