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Webster 1913 Edition
Scad
Scad
,Noun.
[Gael. & Ir.
sgadan
a herring.] (Zool.)
(a)
A small carangoid fish (
Trachurus saurus
) abundant on the European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied also to several allied species. (b)
The goggler; – called also
big-eyed scad
. See Goggler
. (c)
The friar skate.
[Scot.]
(d)
The cigar fish, or round robin.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scad
SCAD
,Noun.
1.
A fish, the shad which see.2.
A fish of the genus Caranx.Definition 2024
scad
scad
English
herring scad
Noun
scad (plural scads)
- Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
- (in the plural) A large number or quantity.
Anagrams
References
- ↑ “scad” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
- ↑ “Scads: A whole lot of fishy.”, The Word Detective, April 24th, 2009
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- scadu
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *excadō < Latin cadō. Compare Daco-Romanian scădea, scad.
Verb
scad (third-person singular present indicative scadi/scade, past participle scãdzutã)
Related terms
- scãdeari/scãdeare
- scãdzut
- scãdzui
- cad
See also
- sclãghescu
Romanian
Verb
scad
- first-person singular present tense form of scădea.
- first-person singular subjunctive form of scădea.
- third-person plural present tense form of scădea.