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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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