scud

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The team looked at three types of freshwater animals -- two species of gammarid, or "scud," which is a small freshwater crustacean; one freshwater snail; and three aquatic insect species.

From Science Daily • Oct. 6, 2023

Fleecy white clouds scud across a bright blue sky, providing enough intermittent shade to keep temperatures tolerable.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2020

Although the U.S. military had deployed a Patriot defense system, it failed to fire and let the scud through.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2019

The fish grow so big because the limestone-rich waters support abundant plankton, which are consumed by billions of scud, a freshwater shrimp.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2019

It’s past midnight, and clouds scud over a nearly full moon.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir