Scup

Definitions: Scup

Scup

Noun

1. Flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States.

2. Lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States.

3. Porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America.

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

Synonyms: Scup

Synonyms: northern porgy (n), northern scup (n), porgy (n), southern porgy (n), southern scup (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Scup

English words defined with "scup": Braize ♦ Mishcup ♦ northern scup ♦ Paugy ♦ Scuppaug, southern scup, Sparoid. (references)

Etymologies containing "scup": Mishcup. (references)

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	Plate 133. The Scuppaug, Scup, or Northern Porgy. Stenotomus chrysops (Mitch. ), Bean.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.		Scup and Black Sea Bass hovering around a reef ledge.Credit: Sanctuaries.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "scup": northern scup ♦ southern scup. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "scup"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		вид риба (duckbill, garfish, runner, saury, sheep's head, snapper, yellow belly). (various references)

Danish		nordlig skælfisk. (various references)

Dutch		scup. (various references)

Finnish		amerikanhammasahven. (various references)

French		spare doré, \SCP. (various references)

German		Nordamerikanische Brasse. (various references)

Greek		σαργός της Αμερικής, είδοσ τσιπούρασ (butterfish, fluke). (various references)

Italian		sarago americano (sheepshead). (various references)

Pig Latin		upscay

Portuguese		sargo da América do Norte. (various references)

Spanish		sargo de América del Norte. (various references)

Swedish		scup. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Stenotomus chrysops, Stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "scup": scuppaug, scuppaugs, scupper, scuppered, scuppering, scuppernong, scuppernongs, scuppers, scups. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Scup" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: csu, eccup, Escp, Fcup, Hcpu, nccop, scap, scbu, sccop, sceap, scep, schu, scip, Scipo, scisp, scop, scopf, scorp, scoup, scov, scu, scua, scub, scue, scuk, scul, scump, scun, Scupe, Scupi, scuz, scype, scypt, sicu, sicut, sku, skub, slup, spup, Ssu, stup, suc, sucj, swup. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: cups, cusp.
	Words within the letters "c-p-s-u"
	-1 letter: cup, pus, sup, ups.
	-2 letters: up, us.
	Words containing the letters "c-p-s-u"
	+1 letter: coups, cusps, puces, pucks, scaup, sculp, scups.
	+2 letters: campus, carpus, catsup, chumps, clumps, corpus, coupes, coypus, croups, crumps, cupels, cupids, cuppas, cusped, cuspid, cuspis, cutups, cyprus, piculs, plucks, putsch, scaups, sculps, sculpt, spruce, sprucy, uncaps, upcast.
	+3 letters: apercus, auspice, backups, capfuls, capsule, catsups, closeup, clypeus, cockups, copious, copouts, copulas, couples, coupons, coypous, croupes, cupfuls, cupolas, cuppers, cuprous, cuprums, cupsful, cupules, cuspate, cuspids, eggcups, eyecups, fuckups, hiccups, hubcaps, insculp, kickups, lockups, mockups, mudcaps, octopus, oilcups, percuss, piceous, pickups, pouches, pounces, precuts, prussic, publics, puckers, puckish, pumices, punches, recoups, scaleup, scapula, scauper, schlump, scopula, screwup, scruple, sculped, sculpin, sculpts, scupper, scyphus, soupcon, specula, spicula, spicule, spruced, sprucer, spruces, stackup, stickup, suspect, teacups, unclasp, unclips, unpacks, unpicks, upcasts, upcoast, upcoils, upcurls, upscale, upticks.
	+4 letters: acarpous, apiculus, auspices, autopsic, bicuspid, bluecaps, cajaputs, cajeputs, cajuputs, campused, campuses, capsicum, capsular, capsuled, capsules, captious, captures, capuches, catchups, chapeaus, checkups, chirrups, chumship, chutzpas, cleanups, closeups, clumpish, clupeids, cockspur, computes, copihues, corpuses, corrupts, couplers, couplets, coverups, crackups, croupous, crumpets, crumples, cruppers, culprits, cupcakes, cupelers, cuppiest, cuppings, cupreous, cuprites, cuspated, cuspidal, cuspides, cuspidor, cutpurse, cypruses, decuples, duckpins, epicures, insculps, ketchups, kingcups, matchups, mudpacks, nutpicks, occiputs, occupies, octuples, opuscula, opuscule, outcrops, outpaces, outscoop, pachucos, panicums, paunches, penuches, penuchis, picquets, pictures, piecrust, pluckers, poaceous, postcoup, potlucks, pouncers, precious, precures, prefocus, prepuces, procures, produces, products, puccoons, pumicers, punchers, purchase, puristic, pushcart, pussycat, putsches, resculpt, saucepan, scaleups, scapulae, scapular, scapulas, scaupers, schlumps, scoopful, scopulae, scopulas, screwups, scrupled, scruples, sculping, sculpins, sculpted, sculptor, scuppaug, scuppers, sinciput, skullcap, soupcons, spacious, specious, spectrum, specular, speculum, spiculae, spicular, spicules, spiculum, sprucely, sprucest, sprucier, sprucing, stackups, stickups, subepoch, suboptic, subpubic, subspace, subtopic, sunporch, supercar, supercop, surplice, suspects, touchups, tuckshop, unclamps, unclasps, upchucks, upclimbs, upcurves, upscaled, upscales, uroscopy, wickiups, wickyups.
	+5 letters: aruspices, aspectual, bicuspids, campusing, capacious, capouches, capsicums, capsuling, capsulize, capturers, capuchins, catapults, centuples, chipmucks, chipmunks, chophouse, chumships, chutzpahs, clumpiest, clupeoids, cockspurs, composure, compounds, computers, conceptus, copiously, copublish, copulates, corpuscle, couplings, courtship, crapulous, creamcups, crepuscle, croupiers, croupiest, cupboards, cupellers, cuspidate, cuspidors, cutpurses, deathcups, decouples, dumpcarts, encapsule, epicurism, eucalypts, euphenics, humpbacks, hypocaust, insculped, noncampus, occupants, occupiers, octopuses, octuplets, opercules, opulences, opuscules, opusculum, outcapers, outprices, outscoops, pachoulis, paucities, peculates, peculiars, pedicures, peduncles, penuchles, penuckles, percussed, percusses, persecute, picayunes, piecrusts, pinchbugs, piquances, pirarucus, pitchouts, plectrums, pluckiest, pomaceous, populaces, pouchiest, poultices, precieuse, precludes, precursor, proconsul, procurals, procurers, producers, prosecute, prudences, pubescent, publicans, publicise, publicist, puckerers, puckishly, pudencies, puissance, pulicides, pullbacks, pumiceous, pumicites, puncheons, punchiest, punchless, punctures, purchased, purchaser, purchases, pursuance, pushcarts, pushchair, pussycats, putschist, quickstep, rapacious, recouples, republics, resculpts, sapsucker, saucepans, scapulars, schlumped, scoopfuls, scoopsful, scripture, scrupling, sculpting, sculptors, sculpture, scuppaugs, scuppered, sepulcher, sepulchre, sinciputs, skullcaps, spacesuit, spectrums, speculate, speculums, spicebush, spleuchan, spruciest, subapical, subepochs, subscript, subspaces, subtopics, subtropic, supercars, supercede, superchic, supercity, superclub, supercoil, supercool, supercops, supercute, superjock, superrace, superrich, supremacy, surfperch, surplices, suspected, suspicion, tricuspid, tuckshops, tuppences, unclasped, uncouples, unpackers, unpuckers, upcasting, uppercase, uppercuts, upreaches, upscaling, utopistic.
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