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Noun: louvar  'loo,vaa(r)
  1. Large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton
    "Despite its rarity, the louvar is occasionally caught by commercial fisheries";
    - Luvarus imperialis

Derived forms: louvars

Type of: scombroid, scombroid fish

Part of: genus Luvarus, Luvarus

Encyclopedia: Louvar