scad

Signification (Anglais)

1. Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
2. (Canada, US, in-plural, informal) A large number or quantity.

Concepts

chinchard

saurel

Synonymes

a great deal

jack

kingfish

horse mackerel

Selar

jack mackerel

queenfish

Traductions

jurel

μεγάλη ποσότης

sugarello

sugarello pittato

sugherello

Trachurus trachurus

suro

Selar

Hors

μεγάλη ποσότητα

Holzmakrele

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/skad/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Unknown, early 17th century, perhaps related to shad. In sense “large amount”, US 1869, of unknown origin, presumably from large shoals/schools of the fish.