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Answer for the clue "North Atlantic food fish ", 4 letters:
scup

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Scúp (English: Scoop ) is a Northern Irish drama television series which was broadcast on TG4 (season 1) and BBC Northern Ireland (season 2). The show focuses on the staff at a small Belfast newspaper An Nuacht . The series was nominated to the Special ...

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 ...

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.

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.