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Porgy

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(1):

(n.) The margate fish.

(2):

(n.) The sailor's choice, or pinfish.

(3):

(n.) The scup.

(4):

(n.) The spadefish.

(5):

(n.) Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish.

(6):

(n.) Any one of numerous sparoid food fishes, as the jolthead porgy, the sheepshead porgy (Calamus penna) of the West Indies, the grass porgy (Calamus arctifrons) of Florida, and the red porgy (Pagrus pagrus) of Europe.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Porgy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/porgy.html. 1828.
 
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