SCUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scup mean? 

• SCUP (noun)
  The noun SCUP has 4 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: SCUP used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("scup" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Holonyms ("scup" is a part of...):

northern porgy; northern scup; scup; Stenotomus chrysops (found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

porgy; scup

Hypernyms ("scup" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Holonyms ("scup" is a part of...):

scup; southern porgy; southern scup; Stenotomus aculeatus (porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

scup; southern porgy; southern scup; Stenotomus aculeatus

Hypernyms ("scup" is a kind of...):

porgy (important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide)

Meronyms (parts of "scup"):

porgy; scup (lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

northern porgy; northern scup; scup; Stenotomus chrysops

Hypernyms ("scup" is a kind of...):

porgy (important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide)

Meronyms (parts of "scup"):

scup (flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States)