Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

escolar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.59 in modern English

Syllables: es-co-lar
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Lepidocybium flavobrunneum of snake mackerels.

noun

Any fish of species Ruvettus pretiosus, oilfish.

noun

Any of several other perciform fish of the family Gempylidae (snake mackerels).

Example Sentences

"And Oceana's study revealed that 94 per cent of “white tuna” was not tuna at all, but escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum). Consumption of more than 100 grams or so of this species causes severe diarrhoea."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: escolar

Inflected Forms

escolars (plural)

Synonyms

snake mackerel walu waloo butterfish super white tuna white tuna ex-lax fish laxative of the sea

Questions

What does escolar mean?: Any member of the species Lepidocybium flavobrunneum of snake mackerels.
Where does escolar come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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