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scup definition

☆ scup (skup)

noun pl. scup or scups

a brown-and-white porgy (Stenotomus chrysops) found along the N Atlantic coast of the U.S.

Etymology: < earlier scuppaug < Narragansett mishcuppaûog, pl. of mishcùp

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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