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paugie

paugie noun: a fish, Stenotomus chrysops, the porgy.

Noun

paugie (plural paugies)

  1. A fish, Stenotomus chrysops, the porgy.

Forms of paugie

pluralpaugies

Origin of paugie

Shortened form of the Narragansett word mishcùppaûog ("porgies", plural). Another shortening of the same word yields the synonym scup. The full word was borrowed as scuppaug. The singular was borrowed as mishcup. Possibly reinforced by its similarity to porgy, especially in non-rhotic accents.

Questions about paugie

What does paugie mean?
Paugie means a fish, Stenotomus chrysops, the porgy.
What part of speech is paugie?
Paugie is a noun.
What is the plural of paugie?
The plural of paugie is paugies.

Words near paugie in the dictionary

  1. paucity
  2. paucivalency
  3. paucivalent
  4. Paugh
  5. Paughs
  6. paugie
  7. paugies
  8. paugul
  9. pauguls
  10. pauhagen
  11. paukpan

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