'big-eyed scad' definitions:
Definition of 'big-eyed scad'
From: WordNet
noun
Of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait [syn: bigeye scad, big-eyed scad, goggle-eye, Selar crumenophthalmus]
Definition of 'big-eyed scad'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'big-eyed scad'
From: GCIDE
- 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]