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Porgies

Porgy \Por"gy\, n.; pl. Porgies. [See Paugie.]

  1. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. The scup.

    2. The sailor's choice, or pinfish.

    3. The margate fish.

    4. The spadefish.

    5. 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.

  2. (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.

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porgies

n. 1 (plural of porgy English) 2 (plural of porgie English)

Usage examples of "porgies".

And so he wanted lobsters and porgies on the table, boiled prawns, fried crabs, lentils with oysters and clams, sea dates, accompanied by a puree of beans and rice with honey, girt with a crown of fish roe, and all served with Cretan wine.