pilchard

pil·chard

P0301200 (pĭl′chərd)n. Any of various small edible marine fishes of the family Clupeidae, especially a commercially important European species, Sardina pilchardus, which is often canned. Small pilchards are sometimes called sardines.

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pilchard

(ˈpɪltʃəd) n1. (Animals) a European food fish, Sardina (or Clupea) pilchardus, with a rounded body covered with large scales: family Clupeidae (herrings)2. (Animals) a related fish, Sardinops neopilchardus, of S Australian waters[C16: pylcher, of obscure origin]

pil•chard

(ˈpɪl tʃərd)

n. 1. a small, S European marine fish, Sardina pilchardus, related to the herring but smaller and rounder. 2. any of several related fishes, as Sardinops sagax, common off the California coast. [1520–30; earlier pilcher; orig. uncertain]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pilchard - small fatty fish usually canned sardinesaltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
	2.	pilchard - small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herringSardina pilchardus, sardineclupeid, clupeid fish - any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seasgenus Sardina, genus Sardinia, Sardina - pilchardsPacific sardine, Sardinops caerulea - small pilchards common off the pacific coast of North America

Translations

Sardinesardina