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oscar

nounnouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈɒs.kə//
  • United States//ˈɑs.kɚ//

A cichlid fish of species Astronotus ocellatus, native to South America, sometimes kept in aquariums.

noun

  1. 1

    A cichlid fish of species Astronotus ocellatus, native to South America, sometimes kept in aquariums.

noun

  1. 1

    Variant of Oscar from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic AlphabetAlternative letter-case form of Oscar from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Forms

plural
oscars
The neighbouring pagesAlphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.

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