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ESCOLAR
escolar, Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
(noun) large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
escolar (plural escolars)
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum, one of the snake mackerels.
Any fish of species Ruvettus pretiosus, oilfish.
Any of several other perciform fish of the family Gempylidae (snake mackerels).
Synonyms
• (perciform fish): snake mackerel, walu or waloo, butterfish, super white tuna, white tuna
• (perciform fish): (derogatory) ex-lax fish, laxative of the sea
Anagrams
• Alcoser, Caleros, Calrose, coalers, oracles, recoals, solacer
Source: Wiktionary
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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