Meaning of SARDINE
| Pronunciation: | | 'sârdIn
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- [n] any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
- [n] small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
- [n] small fatty fish usually canned
- [n] a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony
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| | Synonyms: | | pilchard, pilchard, sard, Sardina pilchardus, sardius |
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| | See Also: | | brisling, calcedony, chalcedony, Clupea sprattus, clupeid, clupeid fish, food fish, genus Sardina, genus Sardinia, Pacific sardine, saltwater fish, Sardina, Sardinops caerulea, sild, sprat | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Sar"dine\ (? or ?; 277), n. [F. sardine (cf. Sp.
sardina, sarda, It. sardina, sardella), L. sardina, sarda;
cf. Gr. ?, ?; so called from the island of Sardinia, Gr. ?.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several small species of herring which are
commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the
pilchard, or European sardine ({Clupea pilchardus}). The
California sardine ({Clupea sagax}) is similar. The American
sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the
common herring and of the menhaden.
\Sar"dine\ (? or ?; 277), n.
See {Sardius}.
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