mishcup
English
Etymology
From the same Narragansett name for the fish (mishcùp) as scuppaug, scup and paugie.
Noun
mishcup
- (US, dialectal, obsolete) A fish: the scup or porgy.
References
- mishcup in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Narragansett
Noun
mishcùp (plural mishcùppaûog)
- the scup (fish)
Descendants
- English: mishcup, scup, paugie, scuppaug (all borrowed from this term)