Pilchardnoun
Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae.
Pilchardnoun
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.
Pilchardnoun
small fatty fish usually canned
Pilchardnoun
small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
Sardinenoun
Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine Sardina pilchardus (syn. Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine Sardinops sagax (syn. Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden.
Sardinenoun
(obsolete) carnelian
Sardinenoun
(figurative) Someone packed or crammed into a small space.
Sardineverb
to fish for sardines
Sardineverb
to pack or cram together tightly.
Sardinenoun
Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden.
Sardinenoun
See Sardius.
Sardinenoun
small fatty fish usually canned
Sardinenoun
any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
Sardinenoun
a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony
Sardinenoun
small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
Sardine
and are common names that refer to various small, oily forage fish in the herring family Clupeidae. The term was first used in English during the early 15th century and may come from the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, around which sardines were once abundant.The terms and "pilchard” are not precise, and what is meant depends on the region.