SCUP


Meaning of SCUP in English

■ noun ( plural same) a common porgy (fish) with faint dark vertical bars. [ Stenotomus chrysops .]

Origin

C19: from Narragansett mishcup , from mishe 'big' + cuppi 'close together' (because of the shape of the scales).

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