noun
scup
Scup (noun) means a common sparoid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of temperate regions of the Atlantic coast of North America; the porgy.
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A common sparoid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of temperate regions of the Atlantic coast of North America; the porgy.
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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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"scup" (noun) means a common sparoid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of temperate regions of the Atlantic coast of North America; the porgy.