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scup

  [skuhp]
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–noun
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; short for earlier and dial. scuppaug, skippaug, skapaug < Narragansett (E sp.) mishcuppaûog, pl. (sing. mishcùp)
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scup   (skŭp)   
n.   pl. scup or scups
A porgy (Stenotomus chrysops) of the northern Atlantic coastal waters, important commercially as a food fish.

[Short for Narragansett mishcùp.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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