Category:Scad

Scad, n. Etym: [gael. & ir. sgadan a herring.] (zoöl.) (a) a small carangoid fish (trachurus saurus) abundant on the European coast, and less common on the american. The name is applied Also to several allied species. (b) the goggler; -- called also big-eyed scad. See goggler. (c) the friar skate. [scot.] (d) the cigar fish, or round robin.