scup

Meaning

A common sparoid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of temperate regions of the Atlantic coast of North America; the porgy.

Synonyms

southern porgy

southern scup

porgy

Stenotomus chrysops

Stenotomus aculeatus

northern porgy

northern scup

sparid fish

butterfish

sparid

fluke

Etymology

Shortened form of Narragansett mishcùp (“porgy”) or its plural mishcùppaûog. The singular was also borrowed as mishcup, while another shortening of the plural yields the synonym paugie. The word was also borrowed as scuppaug.