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Scup

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Noun

1. scup

flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States

2. porgy, scup

lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States

3. scup, southern porgy, southern scup, stenotomus aculeatus

porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America

4. northern porgy, northern scup, scup, stenotomus chrysops

found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish

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Scup

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noun
a common sparid fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic
. Also called: northern porgy

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Scup

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nounWord forms: plural scup or scups
a brown-and-white porgy (Stenotomus chrysops) found along the N Atlantic coast of the U.S.

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Scup

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n. pl. scup or scups
A porgy (Stenotomus chrysops) of northwestern Atlantic waters, valued as a food fish.

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