PORGY DEFINITIONS - 11 definitions found
porgy n 1: lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States [syn: porgy, scup] 2: important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide porgy 1725, probably from pargo (1557) "sea bream," from Sp. or Port. pargo, from L. phagrum, acc. of phager, from Gk. phagros "sea bream." Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) porgy noun (plural porgies; also porgy) Etymology: alteration of pargo, from Spanish & Portuguese, from Latin phager, from Greek phagros Date: 1671 1. a blue-spotted silvery-red food fish (Pagrus pagrus of the family Sparidae) of the eastern and western Atlantic; also any of various fishes (as a scup) of the same family 2. [alteration of pogy] any of various bony fishes (as a menhaden) of families other than that of the porgy Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary porgy n. (pl. -ies) US any usu. marine fish of the family Sparidae, used as food. Also called sea bream. [18th c.: orig. uncert.: cf. Sp. & Port. pargo] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Sailor \Sail"or\, n. One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman. Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer. Sailor's choice. (Zo["o]l.) (a) An excellent marine food fish ({Diplodus, or Lagodon, rhomboides}) of the Southern United States; -- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail, and salt-water bream. (b) A species of grunt ({Orthopristis, or Pomadasys, chrysopterus}), an excellent food fish common on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also hogfish, and pigfish. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Scup \Scup\, n. [Contr. fr. American Indian mishc[`u]p, fr. mishe-kuppi large, thick-scaled.] (Zo["o]l.) A marine sparoid food fish ({Stenotomus chrysops}, or S. argyrops}), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug. Note: The same names are also applied to a closely allied Southern species. ({Stenotomus Gardeni}). Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Porgy \Por"gy\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous sparoid food fishes, as the jolthead porgy, the sheepshead porgy ({Calamus penna}) of the West Indies, the grass porgy ({Calamus arctifrons}) of Florida, and the red porgy ({Pagrus pagrus}) of Europe. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Spadefish \Spade"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) An American market fish ({Ch[ae]todipterus faber}) common on the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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.] |
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