pilchard
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pilchard (plural pilchard or pilchards)
- Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae.
- 1839, John Hookham Frere (translator), The Birds, lines 76–77, in Acharnians and two other plays
- He longs occasionally for human diet,
His old Athenian fare: pilchards, for instance.
- He longs occasionally for human diet,
- 1839, John Hookham Frere (translator), The Birds, lines 76–77, in Acharnians and two other plays
Usage notes
[edit]The terms sardine and pilchard are not precise, and what is meant depends on the region. Often, the smaller fish are termed sardines and the larger ones pilchards.
Synonyms
[edit]- (small fish): sardine
Translations
[edit]a cigar-shaped fish with a short dorsal fin and forked tail
See also
[edit]French
[edit]Noun
[edit]pilchard m (plural pilchards)
Further reading
[edit]- “pilchard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.