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porgies |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Porgy \Por"gy\, n.; pl {Porgies}. [See {Paugie}.] (Zo["o]l.) a The scup. b The sailor's choice, or pinfish. c The margate fish. d The spadefish. e Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish. [Written also {porgee}, {porgie}, and {paugy}.]
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