A porgy

• Fish commonly known as a porgy
• Fish salon's No.1, given trophy
• Esteemed as a panfish
• Found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine
• Porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America
• Atlantic food fish
• Food fish
• Flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. A fish, (taxlink Stenotomus chrysops species noshow=1) ; the porgy. Etymology 2 n. (context US dialect English) A swing.

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 ...