scup

/skuhp/US // skʌp //UK // (skʌp) //

鱼鳞,铲球,鱼鳞片,鱼鳞状物

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.

They are surface feeders, and swim in large schools in quest of menhaden, scup, and other small fishes.
Well now, come, I'll make a bargain with you; I'll engage to fix up a scup for you if you'll give me a kiss.
One of them had declared that he had the "highest old swing," in that "scup," ever taken by mortal, and a good many believed him.
The street boys of our day and early home were wont to term the hetairai of the public walks "scup."
Eastward he swims as "scup," while at the Manhattan end of the Sound he is fried as "porgie."