gi noun, plural ( especially collectively ) por·gy ( especially referring to two or more kinds or species ) por·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), variant of pargo (< Spanish or Portuguese < Latin pag(a)rus kind of fish < Greek págros, variant of phágros) + -y2
1715–25; porg(o), variant of pargo (< Spanish or Portuguese < Latin pag(a)rus kind of fish < Greek págros, variant of phágros) + -y2
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| —n , pl -gy, -gies | |
| 1. | scup See also sheepshead Also called: pogy any of various sparid fishes, many of which occur in American Atlantic waters |
| 2. | any of various similar or related fishes |
| [C18: from Spanish pargo, from Latin phager type of fish, from Greek phagros sea bream] | |
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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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