English Explanatory Dictionary

porgy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of several fish of the family Sparidae of seabreams.
In particular, the scup (paugie, Stenotomus chrysops).

Pronunciation

/ˈpɔːɡi/

Word forms

porgy porgies

Etymology

From Portuguese or Spanish pargo, from Latin phagrum, accusative of phager, from Ancient Greek φάγρος (phágros, “sea bream”). The similarity of porgy to paugie, especially in non-rhotic accents, may have reinforced both terms.

Derived words

black porgy Borrigueta porgy Campeche porgy flathead porgy grass porgy Galapagos porgy goat's head porgy Japanese black porgy jolthead porgy knobbed porgy littlehead porgy littlemouth porgy northern porgy Pacific porgy pluma porgy red porgy salema porgy saucereye porgy shad porgy sheepshead porgy southern porgy spotfin porgy three-tailed porgy whitebone porgy

Translations

Bulgarian: спари Czech: mořan Finnish: hammasahven Galician: prabo Galician: esparo Greek: φαγγρί Hungarian: durbincs Italian: dentice Spanish: pargo

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