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SCUP

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

northern porgy; northern scup; scup; Stenotomus chrysops

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America

Synonyms:

scup; southern porgy; southern scup; Stenotomus aculeatus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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 3

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

porgy; scup

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...):

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

Sense 4

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)

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