|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