scup

[prettygoodword]

scup (SKUP) - n., a porgy (Stenotomus chrysops) of the North Atlantic coast of North America with a compressed body and high back.


Fished commercially and recreationally. From Narraganset mishcùp, from mishe, big + kuppe, close together, from the form of the scales.


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---L.

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[movingfinger]

"And here Alice began to get rather sleepy, and kept on saying to herself, in a dreamy sort of way, "do scaup eat scup? do scaup eat scup?" and sometimes, "do scup eat scaup?" for, as she couldn't answer either question, it didn't much matter which way she put it."

[prettygoodword]

:adds scaup to the queue: