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☆ porgy (pôr′gē)

noun pl. -·gies or -·gy

  1. any of a family (Sparidae) of marine percoid food fishes having spiny fins and a wide body covered with large scales, as the scup, the pinfish, and the sheepshead
  2. any of various other fishes, as the menhaden

Etymology: prob. altered < Sp or Port pargo < L pagrus < Gr phagros, sea bream

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