scad

A large number or amount.

Any of several carangid fishes chiefly of the genus Decapterus, especially D. punctatus of the western Atlantic.

A fish, probably the shad.

A carangoid fish, formerly Caranx trachurus, now Trachurus saurus, also called saurel, skipjack, and horse-mackerel, of a fusiform shape, with vertical plates arming the entire lateral line from the shoulder to the caudal fin.

The ray, Raia alba.

A dialectal form of scald.

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.

The goggler; — called also big-eyed scad. See goggler.

The friar skate.

The cigar fish, or round robin.