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

[Origin unknown.]


noun

    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.

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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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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