pilchard

(pilc̸hərd)

noun

a member of any of two genera (Sardina and Sardinops) of small, oily, marine clupeid fishes; esp., the commercial sardine (Sardina pilchardus) of W Europe

Origin: earlier pilcher < ?

See pilchard in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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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