scad
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- noun
- /skæd/
- Specialized
:
sierra
- Right now I have about 1,000 books, scads of Star Trek collectibles, and clothes.
- bigeye scad
- mackerel scad
Examples
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There were scads of these new refuseniks running around Moscow and elsewhere in the Soviet Union.
Fiction book (1991) -
I'll be making scads more money than I ever could as a lowly critic.
Fiction book (2002) -
Oh, we should catch scads of them here!
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I can see scads of them.
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Scads of lobsters all in a tank.
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Others are common to all islands, such as the seasonal fisheries for juvenile big-eye scad in all areas.
Academic text (1993) -
However, the most prominent inshore fisheries are those for smaller coastal pelagics, such as mackerel scad, Decapterus macarellus, and bigeye scad, Selar crumenopthalmus.
Academic text (1993) -
The fishermen returned with a large catch of scad from their trip to the warm seas.
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As I dove into the water, I was amazed by the schools of scad swimming gracefully around me.
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The chef prepared a delicious dish featuring fresh scad, highlighting its firm texture and mild flavor.
Synonyms
A small sea fish like a mackerel that lives in oceans worldwide
A small long thin fish that lives near coasts in the western Atlantic
A small fish with a long body that lives in the western Atlantic
A small silvery sea fish often eaten or used as bait
A small silvery fish that lives in coastal waters and fishermen often use as bait
Compounds
- Specialized
A small silvery fish that lives in coastal waters and fishermen often use as bait
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word scad probably comes from an old sea word that meant 'many', and we still use the related word scads in English to mean 'a lot'. So fishermen called these fish scad because they often swim in large schools, which helps explain the name.