Scad \Scad\, n. [Gael. & Ir. sgadan a herring.] (Zo["o]l.) (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.
scad n : any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae