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scup
Scup (noun) means a widespread sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found in temperate Atlantic coastal waters of North America; also called the porgy.
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A widespread sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found in temperate Atlantic coastal waters of North America; also called the porgy.
"Scup, in the Bay also called porgy, maiden, and fairmaid, are rather plain-looking fish — dull silver with 12 to 15 indistinct vertical stripes, flecked with light blue on their sides."
— Alice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson (2006)
"On a lark, he took a small scup, or porgy, and a stamp pad and demonstrated how to make a print."
— Brett Martin, First a Hook, Then Ink: An Artist’s Catch (2007)
"When I was 12 years old, my father got me a boat and I went fishing off of Cape Cod. I hooked a scup and as I was reeling it in, I hooked a 4.5 foot baby thresher shark who proceeded to eat my boat."
— Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb (1975)
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Etymology
Shortened form of Narragansett mishcùp (“porgy”) or its plural mishcùppaûog. The singular was also borrowed as mishcup, while another shortening of the plural yields the synonym paugie. The word was also borrowed as scuppaug.
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What is the meaning of scup?
"scup" (noun) means a widespread sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found in temperate Atlantic coastal waters of North America; also called the porgy.
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Other words for "scup" include porgy.
