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scad (n.)
c. 1600, Cornish name for a type of fish (also known as
horse mackerel
) abundant on the British coast; of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of
shad
. OED compares Welsh
ysgaden
"herrings," Norwegian dialectal
skad
, Swedish
skädde
"flounder."