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porgy
(encz) | porgy, |
porgy
(gcide) | Sailor \Sail"or\, n.
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other
vessels; one who understands the practical management of
ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common
seaman.
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Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
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Sailor's choice. (Zool.)
(a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus rhomboides,
syn. Lagodon rhomboides) of the Southern United States;
-- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail,
and salt-water bream.
(b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis chrysopterus syn.
Pomadasys chrysopterus), an excellent food fish common
on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called
also hogfish, and pigfish.
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porgy
(gcide) | Scup \Scup\, n. [Contr. fr. American Indian mishc[`u]p, fr.
mishe-kuppi large, thick-scaled.] (Zool.)
A marine sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or
Stenotomus argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the
United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the
daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night
and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy,
scuppaug.
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Note: The same names are also applied to a closely allied
Southern species (Stenotomus Gardeni).
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porgy
(gcide) | Spadefish \Spade"fish`\ (sp[=a]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on
the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish,
and porgy.
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Porgy
(gcide) | Porgy \Por"gy\, n.; pl. Porgies. [See Paugie.]
1. (Zool.)
(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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2. (Zool.) Any one of numerous sparoid food fishes, as the
jolthead porgy, the sheepshead porgy (Calamus penna) of
the West Indies, the grass porgy (Calamus arctifrons) of
Florida, and the red porgy (Pagrus pagrus) of Europe.
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porgy
(wn) | porgy
n 1: lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern
Atlantic coast of the United States [syn: porgy, scup]
2: important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and
tropical coastal waters; found worldwide |
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northern porgy
(encz) | northern porgy, n: |
red porgy
(encz) | red porgy, n: |
sheepshead porgy
(encz) | sheepshead porgy, n: |
southern porgy
(encz) | southern porgy, n: |
Porgy
(gcide) | Sailor \Sail"or\, n.
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other
vessels; one who understands the practical management of
ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common
seaman.
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Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
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Sailor's choice. (Zool.)
(a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus rhomboides,
syn. Lagodon rhomboides) of the Southern United States;
-- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail,
and salt-water bream.
(b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis chrysopterus syn.
Pomadasys chrysopterus), an excellent food fish common
on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called
also hogfish, and pigfish.
[1913 Webster]Scup \Scup\, n. [Contr. fr. American Indian mishc[`u]p, fr.
mishe-kuppi large, thick-scaled.] (Zool.)
A marine sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or
Stenotomus argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the
United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the
daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night
and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy,
scuppaug.
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Note: The same names are also applied to a closely allied
Southern species (Stenotomus Gardeni).
[1913 Webster]Spadefish \Spade"fish`\ (sp[=a]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on
the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish,
and porgy.
[1913 Webster]Porgy \Por"gy\, n.; pl. Porgies. [See Paugie.]
1. (Zool.)
(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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2. (Zool.) Any one of numerous sparoid food fishes, as the
jolthead porgy, the sheepshead porgy (Calamus penna) of
the West Indies, the grass porgy (Calamus arctifrons) of
Florida, and the red porgy (Pagrus pagrus) of Europe.
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northern porgy
(wn) | northern porgy
n 1: found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from
South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish [syn:
scup, northern porgy, northern scup, {Stenotomus
chrysops}] |
red porgy
(wn) | red porgy
n 1: food fish of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of
Europe and America [syn: red porgy, Pagrus pagrus] |
sheepshead porgy
(wn) | sheepshead porgy
n 1: from Florida and Bahamas to Brazil [syn: {sheepshead
porgy}, Calamus penna] |
southern porgy
(wn) | southern porgy
n 1: porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America
[syn: scup, southern porgy, southern scup,
Stenotomus aculeatus] |
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