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porgy
CIDE DICTIONARY
porgy, n. [See Paugie.].
- The scup. [1913 Webster]
- Any one of numerous sparoid food fishes, as the
jolthead porgy , thesheepshead porgy (Calamus penna ) of the West Indies, thegrass porgy (Calamus arctifrons ) of Florida, and thered porgy (Pagrus pagrus ) of Europe. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
porgy, n. (pl. -ies) US any usu. marine fish of the family Sparidae, used as food. Also called sea bream.
Etymology
18th c.: orig. uncert.: cf. Sp. & Port. pargo
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