Meanings
plural escolars
- Any member of the species Lepidocybium flavobrunneum of snake mackerels.
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.
2013 February 20, Helen Thomson, “News Focus: Meat Scandal: What's On Your Plate?”, in New Scientist, volume 217, number 2904, page 7 - Any fish of species Ruvettus pretiosus, oilfish.
- Any of several other perciform fish of the family Gempylidae (snake mackerels).
Synonyms: snake mackerel, walu, waloo, butterfish, super white tuna, white tuna, ex-lax fish, laxative of the sea
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of several other perciform fish of the family Gempylidae (snake mackerels).
More synonyms by meaning
nounlarge snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Spanishescolar
- Englishescolar
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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Bulgarian деликатесна скумрия
- деликатесна скумрия (delikatesna skumrija)Perciform fish
Catalan escolar negre
- escolar negrePerciform fish
Chinese Mandarin 蛇鯖 /蛇鲭, 鱗鯖 /鳞鲭
- 蛇鯖 /蛇鲭 (shéqíng)Perciform fish
- 鱗鯖 /鳞鲭 (línqíng)Perciform fish
French escolier
- escolierPerciform fish
German Escolar
- EscolarPerciform fish
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Cite this entry
escolar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escolar
“escolar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escolar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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