louvar


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louvar

(ˈluːvɑː)
n
(Animals) a large silvery whalelike scombroid fish, Luvarus imperialis, that occurs in most tropical and temperate seas and feeds on plankton: family Luvaridae
[from Italian (Calabrian and Sicilian dialect) lùvaru, perhaps from Latin ruber red]
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Noun1.louvar - large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere commonlouvar - large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton
scombroid, scombroid fish - important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
genus Luvarus, Luvarus - type genus of the Luvaridae
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Louvar, 393 N.W.2d 131, 137 (Iowa 1986) ("[This position] effectively allows a jury to speculate on causation because expert testimony that a physician's negligence probably caused the total damages is not required.
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ABSTRACT--Single specimens of Finescale Triggerfish (Batistes polylepis) and Louvar (Luvarus imperialis) were found in British Columbia's coastal waters in 2014.