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robert r
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robert r asked in Science & MathematicsOther - Science · 1 decade ago

what is dictionary meaning (reference) of the word PILCHARD ?

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  • Mr. E
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    1 decade ago
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    pil·chard

    NOUN:

    Any of various small marine fishes related to the herrings, especially a commercially important edible species, Sardina pilchardus, of European waters.

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  • druhill119
    1 decade ago

    noun 1. a small, southern European, marine fish, Sardina pilchardus, related to the herring but smaller and rounder.

    2. any of several related fishes, as Sardinops caeruleus, common off the California coast.

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    [Origin: 1520–30; earlier pilcher; orig. uncert

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