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Webster 1913 Edition
Scup
Scup
,Noun.
[D.
schop
.] A swing.
[Local, U.S.]
Scup
,Noun.
[Contr. fr. American Indian
mishcùp
, fr. mishe-kuppi
large, thick-scaled.] (Zool.)
A marine sparoid food fish (
Stenotomus chrysops
, or Stenotomus 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
. ☞ The same names are also applied to a closely allied Southern species (
Stenotomus Gardeni
). Definition 2024
scup
scup
See also: scúp
English
Stenotomus chrysops
Noun
scup (plural scup or scups)
- A fish, Stenotomus chrysops; the porgy.
- 1995, “sheepshead”, entry in Percy Russell, Anita Williams, The Nutrition and Health Dictionary, page 391,
- A saltwater fish, a cousin of porgies and scups. The sheepshead has large, broad incisor teeth, much like a sheep.
- 2006, Alice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson, Life in the Chesapeake Bay, page 276,
- 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.
- 1995, “sheepshead”, entry in Percy Russell, Anita Williams, The Nutrition and Health Dictionary, page 391,
Etymology 2
Noun
scup (plural scups)
References
- scup in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913