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pilchard
CIDE DICTIONARY
pilchard, n. [Cf. It. pilseir, W. pilcod minnows.].
A small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus ) resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in great numbers on the coast of England. [1913 Webster]
"Fools are as like husbands as pilchards are to herrings." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pilchard, n. a small marine fish, Sardinia pilchardus of the herring family (see SARDINE).
Etymology
16th-c. pilcher etc.: orig. unkn.
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