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escolar definition

☆ es·co·lar (es′kə lär′)

noun

any of a family (Gempylidae) of large, deep-water, marine percoid fishes

Etymology: Sp, lit., scholar (< LL scholaris: see scholar): so named because the rings around the eyes resemble spectacles

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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