Definitions for: Sardine


[n] any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
[n] small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
[n] small fatty fish usually canned
[n] a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony



Webster (1913) Definition: Sar"dine (? or ?; 277), n. [F. sardine (cf. Sp.
sardina, sarda, It. sardina, sardella), L. sardina, sarda;
cf. Gr. ?, ?; so called from the island of Sardinia, Gr. ?.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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.


Sar"dine (? or ?; 277), n.
See Sardius.

Synonyms: pilchard, pilchard, sard, Sardina pilchardus, sardius

See Also: brisling, calcedony, chalcedony, Clupea sprattus, clupeid, clupeid fish, food fish, genus Sardina, genus Sardinia, Pacific sardine, saltwater fish, Sardina, Sardinops caerulea, sild, sprat

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