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school(2) (iou)



school noun2. [sku:l] LME.
[Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schole (Dutch school) troop, multitude, spec. 'school' of whales = Old Saxon scola, Old English scolu troop, from West Germanic word perh. orig. meaning division. Cf. SHOAL noun2.]
A shoal or large number of fish, porpoises, whales, etc., swimming together, esp. whilst feeding or migrating. LME.
transf. A crowd, a large group, orig. of people or things, later of birds or mammals. Now rare. LME.
Comb.: school shark a small shark, Galeorhinus australis, occurring in Australian coastal waters and formerly much exploited for food and oil; also called tope.
schoolie noun2 (colloq.) any small fish normally found in a school or shoal L20.