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Webster 1913 Edition


Scad

Scad

,
Noun.
[Gael. & Ir.
sgadan
a herring.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A small carangoid fish (
Trachurus saurus
) abundant on the European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied also to several allied species.
(b)
The goggler; – called also
big-eyed scad
. See
Goggler
.
(c)
The friar skate.
[Scot.]
(d)
The cigar fish, or round robin.

Webster 1828 Edition


Scad

SCAD

,
Noun.
1.
A fish, the shad which see.
2.
A fish of the genus Caranx.