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sardan |
sardegna |
sardel |
sardina |
sardina pilchardus |
Sardine
| sardine oil
| sardinia
| sardinian
| sardinops
| sardinops caerulea
Sardine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Sardine has 4 senses
- sardine(n = noun.food) pilchard - small fatty fish usually canned; Array is a kind of saltwater fish
- sardine(n = noun.animal) Array - any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned; Array is a kind of food fish, clupeid, clupeid fish
- sardine(n = noun.substance) sard, sardius - a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony; Array is a kind of calcedony, chalcedony
- sardine(n = noun.animal) pilchard, sardina pilchardus - small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring; Array is a kind of clupeid, clupeid fish
has particulars: sild, brisling, clupea sprattus, sprat
is a member of genus sardina, genus sardinia, sardina
has particulars: pacific sardine, sardinops caerulea
CIDE DICTIONARY
Sardine, n. [F. sardine (cf. Sp. sardina, sarda, It. sardina, sardella), L. sardina, sarda; cf. Gr. , ; so called from the island of Sardinia , Gr. .].
Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pilchardus ). The California sardine (Clupea sagax ) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden. [1913 Webster]
Sardine, n.
See Sardius. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Sardine, n. a young pilchard or similar young or small herring-like marine fish.
Idiom
like sardines crowded close together (as sardines are in tins).
Sardine, n. a precious stone mentioned in Rev. 4:3.
Etymology
ME f. LL sardinus f. Gk sardinos var. of sardios SARD
ROGET THESAURUS
Sardine
Animal
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