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Definition of escolar

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noun

Lepidocybium flavobrunneum, one of the 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.”

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noun

Lepidocybium flavobrunneum, one of the 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.”
Any fish of species Ruvettus pretiosus, oilfish.
Any of several other perciform fish of the family Gempylidae (snake mackerels).

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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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