noun. Any of various small edible marine fishes of the family Clupeidae, especially a commercially important European species, Sardina pilchardus, which is often canned. Small pilchards are sometimes called sardines.

noun. A fish, Sardinella sagax, which visits the Australian shores periodically in large shoals: apparently the same as the Californian and Chilean pilchard, and closely related to the English pilchard, Sardinella pilchardus.

noun. A fish of the family Clupeidæ, Clupea pilchardus, resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder, with the under jaw shorter, the back more elevated, the belly less sharp, and the mouth edentulous.

noun. A fish, Clupea sagax, closely related to the pilchard.

noun. A third fish of the family Clupeidæ, Harengula macrophthalma.

noun. The young menhaden.

noun. A small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus) resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in great numbers on the coast of England.

noun. Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae.

noun. small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring

noun. small fatty fish usually canned

"The pilchard is a little fish resembling a small herring."

sardine  

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