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por⋅gy
[pawr-gee] 
–noun, plural (especially collectively
) -gy, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -gies.
) -gy, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -gies. | 1. | a sparid food fish, Pagrus pagrus, found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America. |
| 2. | any of several other sparid fishes, as the scup. |
Origin:
1715–25; porg(o), var. of pargo (< Sp or Pg < L pag(a)rus kind of fish < Gk págros, var. of phágros) + -y 2
1715–25; porg(o), var. of pargo (< Sp or Pg < L pag(a)rus kind of fish < Gk págros, var. of phágros) + -y 2
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| por·gy
(pôr'gē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. porgy or por·gies
[Alteration of Spanish and Portuguese pargo, both alteration of Latin phager, a kind of fish, from Greek phagros, sea bream; see bhag- in Indo-European roots.] |
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porgy
name given to various sea fishes, 1725, probably from pargo (1557) "sea bream," from Sp. or Port. pargo, from L. phagrum, acc. of phager, from Gk. phagros "sea bream."
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| porgy | |
noun | |
| 1. | lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States |
| 2. | important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide |
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Porgy
Por"gy\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 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.Porgy
Por"gy\, n.; pl. Porgies. [See Paugie.] (Zo["o]l.) (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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