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单词 scad
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scad

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[ skad ]
/ skæd /
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noun, plural (especially collectively) scad, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) scads.

any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
any of several related carangid fishes, as of the genera Trachurus or Selar.

Origin of scad

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First recorded in 1595–1605; origin uncertain

Words nearby scad

scabious, scabland, scablands, scabrid, scabrous, scad, scads, Scaevola, Scafell Pike, scaffold, scaffolding

Definition for scad (2 of 2)

scad2
[ skad ]
/ skæd /

noun Usually scads.

Informal. a great number or quantity: scads of money.
Archaic. a piece of money; dollar.

Origin of scad

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1855–60, Americanism; of obscure origin; compare British dial scal(d) a great quantity
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Example sentences from the Web for scad

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  • This accordingly doing, we came to the eastern side of Loudon-hill, the trysted place, shortly after the first scad of the dawn.

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  • I see a man who looks as though the world had used him bad; it sets my jaded heart aglow to give him half a scad.

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British Dictionary definitions for scad

scad
/ (skæd) /

noun plural scad or scads

any of various carangid fishes of the genus Trachurus, esp the horse mackerel

Word Origin for scad

C17: of uncertain origin; compare Swedish skädde flounder
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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