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A porgy
Answer for the clue "A porgy ", 4 letters:
scup
Alternative clues for the word scup
- Fish salon's No.1, given trophy
- Found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine
- East Coast porgy
- Edible North Atlantic fish
- Flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States
- Prized panfish
- Cold-water food fish
- A food fish
- Atlantic food fish
Word definitions for scup in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scup \Scup\, n. [Contr. fr. American Indian mishc[`u]p, fr. mishe-kuppi large, thick-scaled.] (Zo["o]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 ...
Usage examples of scup.
The ducks that swam in the sea, coots and scups and the like, tasted like the worst of fish and fowl combined.