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escolars

escolars is the plural of escolar.

Meaning of escolar

Noun

escolar (plural escolars)

  1. 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
  2. Any fish of species Ruvettus pretiosus, oilfish.
  3. 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

Questions about escolars

What is escolars the plural of?
Escolars is the plural of escolar.

Words near escolars in the dictionary

  1. Escoda
  2. Escoffierian
  3. escoffion
  4. escoffions
  5. escolar
  6. escolars
  7. escollope
  8. escollopes
  9. Escondidan
  10. Escondido
  11. esconson

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