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Brown-and-white porgy
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scup
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Etymology 1 n. A fish, (taxlink Stenotomus chrysops species noshow=1) ; the porgy. Etymology 2 n. (context US dialect English) A swing.
WordNet
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n. flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States [syn: porgy ] porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America [syn: ...
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 ...
Wikipedia
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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 ...
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.