noun
Meaning 1
Any of several fish of the family Sparidae of seabreams.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
porgy
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈpɔːɡi/
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CMU ARPABET: P AO1 R G IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Any of several fish of the family Sparidae of seabreams.
In particular, the scup (paugie, Stenotomus chrysops).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sea bream, bream
Narrower terms: red porgy, Pagrus pagrus, sheepshead porgy, Calamus penna, scup, northern porgy, northern scup, Stenotomus chrysops, southern porgy, southern scup, Stenotomus aculeatus
noun
Meaning 4
lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scup
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: saltwater fish
History
Etymology
From Portuguese or Spanish pargo, from Latin phagrum, accusative of phager, from Ancient Greek φάγρος (phágros, “sea bream”). The similarity of porgy to paugie, especially in non-rhotic accents, may have reinforced both terms.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: спари (spari) — fish of the family Sparidae
- Czech: mořan — fish of the family Sparidae
- Finnish: hammasahven — fish of the family Sparidae
- Galician: prabo — fish of the family Sparidae
- Galician: esparo — fish of the family Sparidae
- Greek: φαγγρί (fangrí) — fish of the family Sparidae
- Hungarian: durbincs — fish of the family Sparidae
- Italian: dentice — fish of the family Sparidae
- Spanish: pargo — fish of the family Sparidae
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