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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait;
[syn: bigeye scad, big-eyed scad, goggle-eye, Selar crumenophthalmus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Goggler \Gog"gler\, n. (Zool.) A carangoid oceanic fish (Trachurops crumenophthalmus), having very large and prominent eyes; -- called also goggle-eye, big-eyed scad, and cicharra. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scad \Scad\, n. [Gael. & Ir. sgadan a herring.] (Zool.) (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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

big-eyed scad n 1: of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait [syn: bigeye scad, big-eyed scad, goggle-eye, Selar crumenophthalmus]