porgy 音标拼音: [p'ɔrgi]
n . 棘鬣鱼
棘鬣鱼
porgy n 1 :
lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States [
synonym : {
porgy }, {
scup }]
2 :
important deep -
bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters ;
found worldwide Sailor \
Sail "
or \,
n .
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels ;
one who understands the practical management of ships ;
one of the crew of a vessel ;
a mariner ;
a common seaman .
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1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Mariner ;
seaman ;
seafarer .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Sailor '
s choice }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
An excellent marine food fish ({
Diplodus rhomboides },
syn . {
Lagodon rhomboides })
of the Southern United States ;
--
called also {
porgy }, {
squirrel fish }, {
yellowtail },
and {
salt -
water bream }.
(
b )
A species of grunt ({
Orthopristis chrysopterus }
syn .
{
Pomadasys chrysopterus }),
an excellent food fish common on the southern coasts of the United States ; --
called also {
hogfish },
and {
pigfish }.
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1913 Webster ]
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 }.
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
The same names are also applied to a closely allied Southern species ({
Stenotomus Gardeni }).
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Spadefish \
Spade "
fish `\ (
sp [=
a ]
d "
f [
i ^]
sh `),
n . (
Zool .)
An American market fish ({
Chaetodipterus faber })
common on the southern coasts ; --
called also {
angel fish }, {
moonfish },
and {
porgy }.
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1913 Webster ]
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 }.]
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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 .]
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