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escolar
[ es-kuh-lahr ]
noun
plural (especially collectively) escolar, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) escolars.
- a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
escolar
/ ˌɛ²õ°ìəˈ±ôÉ‘Ë /
noun
- any slender spiny-finned fish of the family Gempylidae, of warm and tropical seas: similar and closely related to the scombroid fishes Also calledsnake mackerel
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of escolar1
1885–90; < Spanish: literally, scholar; so called from the spectaclelike rings around the eyes
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of escolar1
from Spanish: scholar ; so called from the rings round its eyes, suggestive of spectacles
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For instance, one student purchased "white tuna" at an all-you-can-eat sushi buffet that turned out to be escolar.
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Worldwide Asian catfish, hake and escolar were the fish most likely victims.
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One frequent substitute for some varieties of tuna is escolar, a hard-to-digest oilfish.
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The rule is intended to prevent oilfish and escolar from being mislabeled as tuna.
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The law is also targeting a fish known as escolar, which officials say is commonly sold as white tuna.
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