Scuppaug

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scup \Scup\, n. [Contr. fr. American Indian mishc[`u]p, fr.
     mishe-kuppi large, thick-scaled.] (Zool.)
     A marine sparoid food fish ({Stenotomus chrysops}, or
     {Stenotomus argyrops}), common on the Atlantic coast of the
     United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the
     daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night


     and when dead. Called also {porgee}, {paugy}, {porgy},
     {scuppaug}.
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     Note: The same names are also applied to a closely allied
           Southern species ({Stenotomus Gardeni}).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scuppaug \Scup"paug\, n. [Contr. fr. Amer. Indian mishcuppauog,
     pl. of mishcup.] (Zool.)
     See 2d {Scup}.
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