noun, plural (especially collectively) es·co·lar, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) es·co·lars.
- a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
noun plural -lars or -lar
- any slender spiny-finned fish of the family Gempylidae, of warm and tropical seas: similar and closely related to the scombroid fishesAlso called: snake mackerel