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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
scúp
scúp
See also: scup
Irish
Noun
scúp m (genitive singular scúip, nominative plural scúip)
Declension
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