sardine

(sär dēn′)

any of various small ocean fishes preserved in tightly packed cans for eating, as a pilchard

Origin: ME sardeyne < MFr sardine < L sardina < sarda, kind of fish, prob. < Gr Sardō, Sardinia

noun

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noun

Any of various small or half-grown edible herrings or related fishes of the family Clupeidae, frequently canned in oil or water, especially the pilchard of European waters.
Any of numerous small, silvery, edible freshwater or marine fishes unrelated to the sardine.

transitive verb sar·dined, sar·din·ing, sar·dines
Slang

To pack tightly; cram: “The bars are sardined with hungry hopefuls” (Gael Greene).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English sardin

Origin: , from Old French sardine

Origin: , from Latin sardīna

Origin: , from sarda, a kind of fish

Origin: , ultimately from Greek Sardō, Sardinia

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