big-eyed scad

1. 1.

   of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait

   Synonymsbigeye scadgoggle-eyeSelar crumenophthalmus

   Broaderscad

   Part ofSelar

Questions about big-eyed scad

What does big-eyed scad mean?

big-eyed scad means "of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait".

What is another word for big-eyed scad?

Close synonyms include bigeye scad, goggle-eye, Selar crumenophthalmus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is big-eyed scad a common word?

big-eyed scad is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.