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| es·co·lar [ èskə lr ] (plural es·co·lars) |
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deep-water fish: a fish with a slim bony body, jutting lower jaw, and sharp teeth. Native to: tropical and temperate deep seas. Family Gempylidae.
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| [Late 19th century. Via Spanish, "student" (because of the rings around its eyes resembling spectacles) < late Latin scholaris (see scholar)] |
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