Porgee

2 definitions found

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

  Scup \Scup\, n. [Contr. fr. American Indian mishc[`u]p, fr.
     mishe-kuppi large, thick-scaled.] (Zool.)
     A marine sparoid food fish ({Stenotomus chrysops}, or
     {Stenotomus argyrops}), common on the Atlantic coast of the
     United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the
     daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night


     and when dead. Called also {porgee}, {paugy}, {porgy},
     {scuppaug}.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The same names are also applied to a closely allied
           Southern species ({Stenotomus Gardeni}).
           [1913 Webster]

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

  Porgy \Por"gy\, n.; pl. {Porgies}. [See {Paugie}.]
     1. (Zool.)
        (a) The scup.
        (b) The sailor's choice, or pinfish.
        (c) The margate fish.
        (d) The spadefish.
        (e) 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.
            [Written also {porgee}, {porgie}, and {paugy}.]
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) 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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]