escolar

Questions about escolar

What does escolar mean?

escolar means "large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes".

How many syllables are in escolar?

escolar has 3 syllables and divides as e-sco-lar under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for escolar?

Close synonyms include Lepidocybium flavobrunneum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is escolar a common word?

escolar is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.