ex-lax fish
English
Alternative forms
Ex-lax fish, Ex-Lax fish
Etymology
Ex-Lax + fish. From Ex-Lax, a brand of laxative, because the fish flesh contains wax esters that can cause keriorrhea, gempylotoxism, steatorrhea, or gempylid fish poisoning, with diarrhea a major symptom.
Noun
ex-lax fish (uncountable)
- (slang, derogatory) Synonym of escolar (an oily marine fish with white flesh, reminiscent of, and fraudulently passed off as, tuna)
Synonyms
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