scad Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae

WordNet

Scad noun
Etymology
Gael. & ir. sgadan a herring.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913