scad

(skăd)
n., pl., scad, or scads.
Any of several carangid fishes of the genus Decapterus, especially D. punctatus of the western Atlantic.

[Origin unknown.]

scad² (skăd)
n. Informal
A large number or amount. Often used in the plural: Scads of people are in the hall.

[Origin unknown.]

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An indeterminately great amount or number. jillion, million (often used in plural), multiplicity, ream, trillion. Informal bushel, gob¹ (often used in plural), heap (often used in plural), load (often used in plural), lot, oodles, passel, peck², slew, wad, zillion. See big/small/amount.

n. lots (of something).  I have just scads and scads of paper.

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noun pl.
noun pl., mainly US

A large amount or number. (1869 —) . Also scad noun. (1950 —) .
Washington Post In addition to King, scads of other veteran players should contend (1993).

[From scad dollar, hence (in pl.) money; ultimate origin unknown.]

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abbr. for short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase or butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase; see beta-oxidation system.

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Transitory lameness in sheep, reputed to follow frosty conditions and to be a dermatitis caused by cold injury.

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See words rhyming with "scad."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - hestemakrel

Nederlands (Dutch)
een massa, grote hoeveelheid, kleine zeevis

Français (French)
n. - (Zool) maquereau

Deutsch (German)
n. - (zo.) Stöckerfisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ιχθυολ.) τράχουρος
n. pl. - ένα σωρό

Italiano (Italian)
sgombro, un mucchio di

Português (Portuguese)
n. - carapau-banco (m) (Ictiol.)
n. pl. - muita quantidade de dinheiro (m)

Русский (Russian)
ставрида, декаптерус, большое количество, куча, груда

Español (Spanish)
n. - jurel

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fisksort
n. pl. - massor

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 竹荚鱼

2. 许多

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 竹莢魚

2.
n. - 許多

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 다수, 다량

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - たくさん, アジ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سمك من رتبه ألشيميات (الجمع) مقدار كبير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סוג דג‬

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