mishcup

English

Etymology

From the same Narragansett name for the fish (mishcùp) as scuppaug, scup and paugie.

Noun

mishcup

  1. (US, dialect, obsolete) A fish: the scup or porgy.

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

Narragansett

Noun

mishcùp (plural mishcùppaûog)

  1. the scup (fish)

Descendants
  • English: mishcup, scup, paugie, scuppaug (all borrowed from this term)
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