tʃərd noun
1.
a small, southern European, marine fish, Sardina pilchardus, related to the herring but smaller and rounder.
2.
any of several related fishes, as Sardinops caeruleus, common off the California coast.
Origin:
1520–30; earlier pilcher; origin uncertain
1520–30; earlier pilcher; origin uncertain
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| —n | |
| 1. | a European food fish, Sardina (or Clupea) pilchardus, with a rounded body covered with large scales: family Clupeidae (herrings) |
| 2. | a related fish, Sardinops neopilchardus, of S Australian waters |
| [C16: pylcher, of obscure origin] | |
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Pilchard
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Word Origin & History
pilchard
fish of the herring family, 1542, earlier pilcher (1530), of unknown origin.
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