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porgy

(pôr′gē)

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noun pl. porgies or porgy

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
any of various other fishes, as the menhaden

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

See porgy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. porgy porgy or por·gies

Any of various deep-bodied marine food fishes of the family Sparidae, especially a common species Pagrus pagrus of Mediterranean and Atlantic waters.
Any of several fishes similar to the porgy.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of Spanish

Origin: and Portuguese pargo

Origin: , both alteration of Latin phager, a kind of fish

Origin: , from Greek phagros, sea bream; see bhag- in Indo-European roots

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