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English Dictionary: Scup by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Scup
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scup
n
  1. flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States
  2. lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States
    Synonym(s): porgy, scup
  3. porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America
    Synonym(s): scup, southern porgy, southern scup, Stenotomus aculeatus
  4. found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish
    Synonym(s): scup, northern porgy, northern scup, Stenotomus chrysops
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scup \Scup\, n. [D. schop.]
      A swing. [Local, U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scup \Scup\, n. [Contr. fr. American Indian mishc[97]p, fr.
      mishe-kuppi large, thick-scaled.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A marine sparoid food fish ({Stenotomus chrysops}, or {S.
      argyrops}), common on the Atlantic coast of the United
      States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the
      daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night
      and when dead. Called also {porgee}, {paugy}, {porgy},
      {scuppaug}.
  
      Note: The same names are also applied to a closely allied
               Southern species. ({Stenotomus Gardeni}).
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