escolar

[ es-kuh-lahr ]
/ ˌɛs kəˈlɑr /

noun, plural (especially collectively) es·co·lar, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) es·co·lars.

a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.

Origin of escolar

1885–90; < Spanish: literally, scholar; so called from the spectaclelike rings around the eyes

British Dictionary definitions for escolar

escolar
/ (ˌɛskəˈlɑː) /

noun plural -lars or -lar

any slender spiny-finned fish of the family Gempylidae, of warm and tropical seas: similar and closely related to the scombroid fishes Also called: snake mackerel

Word Origin for escolar

from Spanish: scholar; so called from the rings round its eyes, suggestive of spectacles