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North Atlantic food fish
Answer for the clue "North Atlantic food fish ", 4 letters:
scup
Alternative clues for the word scup
- Lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States
- Atlantic food fish
- Atlantic fish
- Flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States
- Food fish
- Found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine
- A porgy
- Fish commonly known as a porgy
- Edible North Atlantic 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.