About The Word Scad
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Scad
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What's The Definition Of Scad?
[n] any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae
Synonyms | Synonyms for Scad: Related Terms | Find terms related to Scad: See Also | bigeye scad | big-eyed scad | carangid | carangid fish | Carangidae | cigarfish | Decapterus macarellus | Decapterus punctatus | family Carangidae | goggle-eye | horse mackerel | jack mackerel | mackerel scad | mackerel shad | quiaquia | round scad | saurel | Selar crumenophthalmus | Spanish mackerel | Trachurus symmetricus | Trachurus trachurus Scad In Webster's Dictionary \Scad\, n. [Gael. & Ir. sgadan a herring.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small carangoid fish ({Trachurus saurus}) abundant on
the European coast, and less common on the American. The
name is applied also to several allied species.
(b) The goggler; -- called also {big-eyed scad}. See
{Goggler}.
(c) The friar skate. [Scot.]
(d) The cigar fish, or round robin.
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