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)

  1. A fish: the scup.

References
  • scuppaug in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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