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Pronunciation: /skat/
Definition of scat
noun
- a small deep-bodied silvery fish that lives in inshore and estuarine waters of the Indo-Pacific.
- Family Scatophagidae: several genera and species. See also argus (sense 3)
Origin:
1960s: abbreviation of modern Latin Scatophagidae, from Greek skatophagos 'dung-eating' (because the fish is often found beside sewage outlets)