mishcup

English

Etymology

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

Noun

mishcup

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

References

• “mishcup”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Narragansett

Noun

mishcùp (plural mishcùppaûog)

1. the scup (fish)

Descendants

• English: mishcup, scup, paugie, scuppaug (all borrowed from this term)