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Porcupine-fishporcupinefish
porcupines
Pore
pore fungus
pore mushroom
pore over
Pore-blind
Poreblind
pored
Porer
porgee
porgie
Porgy
Pori
Porichthys porosissimus
porifer
Porifera
poriferan
Poriferata
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Poriform
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Poring
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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.]
