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Definition of: scup
(skup) noun
1. A valuable sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops) of the eastern coast of the United States; the porgy; also scup·paug (skup′ôg, skə·pôg′).
2. A related species (S. aculeatus) found southward from Cape Hatteras and on the Gulf Coast to Texas. [<Algonquian (Narraganset) mishcup thick-scaled <mishe large + cuppi a scale]
(About 12 inches long)
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