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Porcupine woodPorcupine-fish
porcupinefish
porcupines
Pore
pore fungus
pore mushroom
pore over
Pore-blind
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pored
Porer
porgee
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Pori
Porichthys porosissimus
porifer
Porifera
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Poriferata
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Porgy Por"gy, n.; pl. Porgies. [See Paugie.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) The scup. (b) The sailor's choice, or pinfish. (c) The margate fish. (d) The spadefish. (e) Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish. [Written also porgee, porgie, and paugy.]
