Found 2 items, similar to big-eyed scad.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: big-eyed scad
big-eyed scad
n : of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait [syn:
bigeye scad
,
goggle-eye,
Selar crumenophthalmus]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: big-eyed scad
Goggler
\Gog"gler\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A carangoid oceanic fish (
Trachurops crumenophthalmus),
having very large and prominent eyes; -- called also
goggle-eye,
big-eyed scad, and
cicharra.
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Scad
\Scad\, n. [Gael. & Ir. sgadan a herring.] (Zo["o]l.)
(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.
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