释义 |
es·co·lar \|eskə|lär\ noun (plural escolar or escolars) Etymology: Spanish, literally, scholar; from rings like spectacles around the eyes : a fish of the family Gempylidae; especially : a large rough-scaled fish (Ruvettus pretiosus) that resembles a mackerel, is highly prized for food, and lives at a depth of from 100 to 400 fathoms in the Mediterranean, middle Atlantic, and throughout the southern seas and from whose flesh a purgative oil can be extracted — called also oilfish |