scuppaug

English

Etymology

From the Narragansett term mishcùppaûog, actually a plural, the singular being mishcùp(p), whence mishcup. Compare scup, paugie.

Noun

scuppaug (plural scuppaugs)

A fish: the scup.

References

“scuppaug”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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