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scup
[ skuhp ]
noun
- a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the United States, having a compressed body and high back.
scup
/ ²õ°ìÊŒ±è /
noun
- a common sparid fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic Also callednorthern porgy
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of scup1
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; short for earlier and dialectal scuppaug, skippaug, skapaug, from Narragansett ( English spelling) ³¾¾±²õ³ó³¦³Ü±è±è²¹Ã»´Ç²µ, plural (singular ³¾¾±²õ³ó³¦Ã¹±è )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of scup1
C19: from Narraganset mishcup, from mishe big + kuppe close together; from the form of the scales
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Some resistance to porgies, also known as scup in New England, can be attributed to the fish’s many bones.
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This allows for the commercial harvest of any of the five species of restricted finfish, summer flounder, scup, striped bass, black sea bass and tautog.
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Both parents emigrated from Portugal; his father fished for squid, scup, bass and tuna, and from an early age enlisted George and his three brothers in his fishing expeditions.
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The winter quota for scup will be nearly 10 million pounds.
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The scup fishery is still very active from Massachusetts to Virginia.
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