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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scup \Scup\, noun [Contr. fr. American Indian mishc['u]p, fr. mishe-kuppi large, thick-scaled.] (Zo["o]l.) A marine sparoid food fish ({Stenotomus chrysops}, or {S. argyrops}), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also {porgee}, {paugy}, {porgy}, {scuppaug}.
Note: The same names are also applied to a closely allied Southern species ({Stenotomus Gardeni}).
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Spadefish \Spade"fish'\ (sp[=a]d"f[i^]sh'), noun (Zo["o]l.) An American market fish ({Ch[ae]todipterus faber}) common on the southern coasts; -- called also {angel fish}, {moonfish}, and {porgy}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Porgy \Por"gy\, noun; pl. {Porgies}. [See {Paugie}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The scup. (b) The sailor's choice, or pinfish. (c) The margate fish. (d) The spadefish. (e) Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish. [Written also {porgee}, {porgie}, and {paugy}.]
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous sparoid food fishes, as the jolthead porgy, the sheepshead porgy ({Calamus penna}) of the West Indies, the grass porgy ({Calamus arctifrons}) of Florida, and the red porgy ({Pagrus pagrus}) of Europe. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sailor \Sail"or\, noun One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
{Sailor's choice}. (Zo["o]l.) (a) An excellent marine food fish ({Diplodus rhomboides}, syn. {Lagodon rhomboides}) of the Southern United States; -- called also {porgy}, {squirrel fish}, {yellowtail}, and {salt-water bream}. (b) A species of grunt ({Orthopristis chrysopterus} syn. {Pomadasys chrysopterus}), an excellent food fish common on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also {hogfish}, and {pigfish}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
porgy
noun
1: lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States [syn: {scup}]
2: important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide
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