单词 | porgy |
释义 | porgyn. Chiefly North American. 1. Any of various deep-bodied fishes of the sea bream family Sparidae, chiefly of warm coastal waters, typically silvery in colour, but sometimes having a blotched pattern, and important as food fishes; esp. (a) the scup, Stenotomus chrysops (cf. paugy n.); (b) the pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides; (c) (more fully red porgy) the fish Pagrus pagrus, which has a silvery red body with numerous small blue spots and is found in coastal areas of the western and eastern Atlantic and in the Mediterranean; (d) a fish of the genus Calamus, found in the tropical western Atlantic, the Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > miscellaneous types > [noun] > porgy or lagodon rhomboides yellowtaila1622 porgy1725 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous type porgy1725 knife-fish1799 kurper1831 goniodont1854 headstander1955 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sparidae (sea-breams) > [noun] > member of (sea-bream) baleenc1185 sea-bream1530 old wife1585 pargo1589 ruffle1601 sargon1601 sargus1605 sea-liver1611 ruffe1647 silver-fish1703 porgy1725 brassem1731 red gilt-head1776 sparoid1842 panga1902 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sparidae (sea-breams) > [noun] > member of genus Calamus porgy1725 pen-fish1890 the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > other edible fish dogdrave1227 lamprey1297 lingc1300 loach1357 tench1390 carpc1440 rougetc1485 anchovy1582 pompano1598 tai1620 alewife1633 tug-whitingc1650 weakfish1686 ten-pounder1699 fire-flaira1705 tusk1707 porgy1725 katsuo1727 rockfish1731 tautog1750 sea bass1765 Albany beef1779 sable1810 Murray cod1843 paradise fish1858 spot1864 strawberry bass1867 nannygai1871 maomao1873 spotfish1875 strawberry perch1877 milkfish1880 tarwhine1880 tile-fish1881 latchett1882 tile1893 anago1895 flake1906 branzino1915 rascasse1921 lampuki1925 red fish1951 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Ephippidae (spade-fishes) > chaetodipterous faber (spade-fish) moonfish1646 spade-fish1704 porgy1725 angelfish1888 sheep's head1888 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Pomadysidae (grunts) > member of porgy1725 porkfish1735 margate1933 pinkie1948 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Pomadysidae (grunts) > member of genus Haemulon grunta1705 red-mouth1704 porgy1725 margate1735 Margareta1757 redthroat1840 flannel-mouth1882 redgullet1890 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 286 The Pargie. It was taken at Old Harbour, and reckoned very good food. 1735 Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 317 Aurata Bahamensis. The Porgy. It is a good eating Fish. 1770 G. M. Johnston Short Descr. Province S. Carolina 28 In enumerating the Animal Part of our Food, I begun with the Fish:—Mullet, Whiting, Black-fish, Rock-fish, Sturgeon, Porgys, Trout, Bream, and many other Sorts of flat Fish. 1849 H. W. Herbert Fish & Fishing U.S. 280 The colour of the Porgee is a deep brownish black on the head and back. 1851 H. W. Herbert Frank Forester's Fish & Fishing 217 The Rhomboidal Porgee, Sargus Rhomboides [=Lagodon rhomboides],..though very similar to the Big Porgee,..[is] clearly distinct. 1884 G. B. Goode Rev. Fishery Industries U.S. i. Plates. Pl. 137 The Margate Fish, Bastard Snapper, or Charleston ‘Porgy’, Sparus pagrus. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 92 About New York, the second syllable of the abbreviated Indian name (mishcuppauog) has been lengthened into ‘Paugy’ or ‘Porgy’. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 100 There are other species known by the name of Porgy..found in this region, such as Calamus bajonado common also at Charleston, where it is called the ‘White-boned Porgy’, the ‘Jolthead Porgy’ of Key West, C. megacephalus, C. arctifrons, the ‘Shad Porgy’ or ‘Grass Porgy’ of Key West, and C. macrops. 1900 Amer. Naturalist 34 355 June would seem to be a good month for fish-cultural work—the hogfish, porgee, and sea mullet are breeding at that time. 1939 Florida: Guide to Southernmost State (Federal Writers' Project) iii. 334 Bottom fishermen drop hooks..to catch snappers..porgies, and scores of other fishes. 1993 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 21 Feb. ii. 16/3 Seafood is enormously popular and fish such as whiting or porgies are traditionally rolled in cornmeal, salt and pepper, then fried in lard. 2005 Florida Times (Nexis) 29 May c18 One bright note in the various stock assessments of the bottom fishery is the resurgence of red porgies. The council is considering increases in the allowed harvest. 2. Any of similar fishes of other families; spec. (a) either of two sciaenid fish, the spot, Leiostomus xanthurus, or the black drum, Pogonias cromis; (b) either of two grunts of the genus Haemulon, the porgy grunt or white margate, H. album, or the red-mouthed grunt, H. aurolineatum; (c) a menhaden (genus Brevoortia) (cf. pogy n. a); (d) a surfperch; (e) the spadefish, Chaetodipterus faber; (f) a spiny puffer fish. Frequently with distinguishing word. ΚΠ 1815 Trans. N.Y. Lit. & Philos. Soc. 1 405 Little Porgee. (Labrus obliquus [= Leiostomus xanthurus]). With raised back, oblique bars, and concave tail. 1848 R. H. Schomburgk Hist. Barbados 668 Haemulon heterodon, porghee grunt..the peculiar noise which they emit when caught, has given rise to the vernacular name. 1878 Amer. Naturalist 12 737 At the present day this name [‘poghaden’ for Brevoortia tyrannus] is almost universally in use by fishermen north of Cape Cod, although it is occasionally varied by ‘poggie’ and ‘porgy’. 1882 U. S. National Museum Bull. 16 597 D[amalichthys] argrysomus [= Rhacochilus vacca]..White Perch; Porgee..Pacific coast of United States, north to Vancouver's Island; very abundant northward. 1883 G. B. Goode Rev. Fishery Industries U.S. 70 Saint Jerome's Creek, Point Lookout, Maryland. A station for the artificial propagation of..the bandy porgy (Chætodipterus faber). 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 394 Chilomycterus geometricus... In Southern Florida the names ‘Porgy’, ‘Puffer’, and ‘Puff Fish’ are sometimes used. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 80 The Red-mouth Grunt, Diabasis aurolineatus, is probably the Flannel-mouthed Porgy familiar to Florida fishermen. 1911 Rep. Comm. U.S. Bureau Fisheries 1908 317/1 Surf-fish (Embiotocidæ).—A food fish found in large numbers along the Pacific coast... They are also called ‘pogy’ and ‘porgy’ on the Oregon coast. 1935 L. S. Caine Game Fish 65 Pogonias cromis... Big Porgy... Porgy. Compounds C1. porgy boat n. ΚΠ 1898 Lima (Ohio) News 6 Aug. He would send the steam porgy boat from the Landing, three miles below. 1960 J. J. Rowlands Spindrift 211 The porgy boats are built and operated for just one purpose—fishing. 2002 Providence (Rhode Island) Journal-Bulletin (Nexis) 4 Oct. d07 The porgy boat, which will start fishing at 7 a.m. this Saturday, continues to load up on mostly large and some jumbo scup. porgy fleet n. ΚΠ 1914 W. D. Steele Storm 191 For the first time that season the porgie fleet moved in around Long Point. 2003 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 25 June 63 The Sheepshead Bay porgy fleet consists of the Jet, Pilot, Ocean Eagle and Navigator. porgy steamer n. ΚΠ 1878 N.Y. Maritime Reg. 13 Feb. 45/1 The porgie steam tug Helen M. Pierce, low, arrived at Bath.] 1880 Harper's Mag. Sept. 510/1 Among the rest are two of the singular ‘porgy steamers’ turned to mackereling. 1914 Oysterman & Fisherman Jan. 7/3 The porgie steamer Long Island which..has been undergoing repairs. C2. ΚΠ 1869 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 22 Oct. Guano is the form in which ammonia is bought; also fish manures, porgy chum, &c. 1883 26th Ann. Rep. Maine Board Agric. 1882 109 Following this [application of ‘lime ashes’], an application of ‘porgie chum’ at the rate of one ton to an acre, had produced similar results. porgy-hunting n. U.S. slang (rare) the action or practice of taking whatever work is available. ΚΠ 1904 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 2 Apr. 239/2 ‘Porgy hunting’, which means ‘hooking on to odd jobs at any price’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1725 |
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