scup

scup
/skup/, n.
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
[1840-50, Amer.; short for earlier and dial. scuppaug, skippaug, skapaug < Narragansett (E sp.) mishcuppaûog, pl. (sing. mishcùp)]

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