Pilchard Definition

Pilchard Sentence Examples

• Pilchard, herrings, whiting and mackerel are taken, and salmon in the Teign.

• It is allied to the European species of shad and pilchard, and, like the latter, approaches the coast in immense shoals, which are found throughout the year in some part of the littoral waters between Maine and Florida, the northern shoals retiring into deeper water or to more southern latitudes with the approach of cold weather.

• The sprat, pilchard or sardine and shad are species of the same genus.

• The pilchard is one of the most important fishes of the English Channel.

• On the Pacific coast of America, in New Zealand and in Japan a pilchard occurs (Clupea sagax) which in its characters and habits is so similar to the European pilchard that its general utilization is deserving of attention.