About The Word Sardine
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Sardine
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What's The Definition Of Sardine?
[n] any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
[n] small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring [n] small fatty fish usually canned [n] a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony Synonyms | Synonyms for Sardine: pilchard | pilchard | sard | Sardina pilchardus | sardius Related Terms | Find terms related to Sardine: See Also | brisling | calcedony | chalcedony | Clupea sprattus | clupeid | clupeid fish | food fish | genus Sardina | genus Sardinia | Pacific sardine | saltwater fish | Sardina | Sardinops caerulea | sild | sprat Sardine In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Sar"dine\ (? or ?; 277), n. See {Sardius}. |
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