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sardine |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sardine \Sar"dine\ (? or ?; 277), n. [F. sardine (cf. Sp sardina, sarda, It sardina, sardella), L. sardina, sarda; cf Gr ?, ?; so called from the island of Sardinia, Gr ?.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine ({Clupea pilchardus}). The California sardine ({Clupea sagax}) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sardine \Sar"dine\ (? or ?; 277), n. See {Sardius}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sardine n 1: small fatty fish usually canned [syn: {pilchard}] 2: any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned 3: a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony [syn: {sard}, {sardius}] 4: small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring [syn: {pilchard}, {Sardina pilchardus}]
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