Sardine

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sardine \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. ?.]
     (Zool.)
     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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sardine \Sar"dine\ (? or ?; 277), n.
     See {Sardius}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sardine
       n 1: small fatty fish usually canned [syn: {pilchard}]
       2: any of various small edible herring or related food fishes
          frequently canned
       3: a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony [syn: {sard}, {sardius}]
       4: small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe;
          smaller and rounder than herring [syn: {pilchard}, {Sardina
          pilchardus}]