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scad

/skad/

scad noun: any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.

scad: any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic
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Noun

scad (plural scads or scad)

  1. Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
  2. (Canada, US, in plural, informal) A large number or quantity.
    • scads of money
    • it will surely rust, take on a loud of stains and pits, acquire a scad of dust.1928 February 18, Pennsylvania Farmer Consolidated with the Pennsylvania Stockman and Farmer, volume 97, number 7, page 224

scad meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

scad in Tamil

ஒருவகை வெப்ப மண்டல, மிதவெப்ப மண்டல மீன், நிறைய

scad in Indonesian

fish
ikan layang
More languagesFewer languages
Dhivehi
ރިތް މަސް rit̊ mas

Synonyms of scad

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All synonyms of scad

Forms of scad

pluralscads
pluralscad

Origin of scad

Unknown, early 17th century, perhaps related to shad. In sense “large amount”, US 1869, of unknown origin, presumably from large shoals/schools of the fish.

Words formed from scad

  • African scad
  • Arabian scad
  • banded scad
  • big-eyed scad
  • big eyed scad
  • bigeye scad
  • blackfin scad
  • common scad
  • cordyla scad
  • crozet scad)
  • false scad
  • finny scad
  • goggle-eye scad
  • goggle eye scad
  • golden scad
  • hardtail scad
  • mackerel scad
  • razorbelly scad
  • rough scad
  • round scad
  • shrimp scad
  • spotfin scad
  • torpedo scad
  • yellowstripe scad
  • yellowtail scad

Words that rhyme with scad

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Questions about scad

What does scad mean?
Scad means any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
What is scad in Tamil?
Scad in Tamil is ஒருவகை வெப்ப மண்டல, மிதவெப்ப மண்டல மீன், நிறைய. See Scad meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scad?
Scad is a noun.
How do you pronounce scad?
Scad is pronounced /skad/.
What is the plural of scad?
The plural of scad is scads.

Words near scad in the dictionary

  1. Scaccia
  2. Scaccias
  3. scace
  4. Scachtacook
  5. Scackleton
  6. scad
  7. SCADA
  8. SCADAs
  9. scaddle
  10. Scadian
  11. Scadians

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: scad (page history and authors); scad (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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