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es•co•lar
(es′kə lär′),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) -lar, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -lars.
- Fisha snake mackerel, esp. Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- Spanish: literally, scholar; so called from the spectaclelike rings around the eyes
- 1885–90