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

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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 ...

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The ducks that swam in the sea, coots and scups and the like, tasted like the worst of fish and fowl combined.