escolar

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes

Etymology

From Spanish escolar, because of a resemblance of the rings around the eyes to a scholar's spectacles. Doublet of scholar. ]

In classic literature

Synonyms

Lepidocybium flavobrunneum

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