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mishcup

mishcup noun: a fish: the scup or porgy.

Noun

mishcup

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

Origin of mishcup

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

Questions about mishcup

What does mishcup mean?
Mishcup means a fish: the scup or porgy.
What part of speech is mishcup?
Mishcup is a noun.

Words near mishcup in the dictionary

  1. mishave
  2. mishaved
  3. mishaves
  4. mishaving
  5. Mishawaka
  6. mishcup
  7. misheal
  8. mishealed
  9. mishealing
  10. misheals
  11. mishear

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