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Scup vs Menhaden - What's the difference?

scup | menhaden |

As nouns the difference between scup and menhaden

is that scup is scoop (cup- or bowl-shaped tool) while menhaden is any of several species of fish in the genera , used for fish meal, fish oil, fertilizer, and bait.

scup

English

(wikipedia scup) (Stenotomus)

Etymology 1

Shortened form of (etyl) The full word was borrowed as scuppaug. (Stenotomus)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A fish, ; the porgy.
  • * 1995 , “sheepshead”'', entry in Percy Russell, Anita Williams, ''The Nutrition and Health Dictionary , page 391,
  • A saltwater fish, a cousin of porgies and scups . The sheepshead has large, broad incisor teeth, much like a sheep.
  • * 2006 , Alice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson, Life in the Chesapeake Bay , page 276,
  • Scup , in the Bay also called porgy, maiden, and fairmaid, are rather plain-looking fish — dull silver with 12 to 15 indistinct vertical stripes, flecked with light blue on their sides.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 8, author=Brett Martin, title=First a Hook, Then Ink: An Artist’s Catch, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=On a lark, he took a small scup , or porgy, and a stamp pad and demonstrated how to make a print.}}

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) schop.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, dialect) A swing.
  • References

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    menhaden

    English

    (wikipedia menhaden) (Brevoortia) (Ethmidium)

    Alternative forms

    * menhadden

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of several species of fish in the genera , used for fish meal, fish oil, fertilizer, and bait.
  • Synonyms

    * pauhagen, poghaden

    Derived terms

    * menhaden oil