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sar⋅dine

1  [sahr-deen]
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–noun, plural (especially collectively) -dine, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -dines.
1. the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
2. any of various similar, closely related fishes of the herring family Clupeidae.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME sardeine < MF sardine < L sardīna, deriv. of sarda sardine, n. use of fem. of Sardus Sardinian
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sar⋅dine

2  [sahr-dahyn, -dn]
–noun
sard.
Origin:
1300–50; ME (< LL sardīnus) < Gk sárdinos sardius

sard

  [sahrd]
–noun
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
Also, sardius, sardine.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L sarda < Gk sárdios sardius
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sar·dine   (sär-dēn')   
n.  
  1. Any of various small or half-grown edible herrings or related fishes of the family Clupeidae, frequently canned in oil or water, especially the pilchard of European waters.
  2. Any of numerous small, silvery, edible freshwater or marine fishes unrelated to the sardine.
tr.v.   sar·dined, sar·din·ing, sar·dines Slang
To pack tightly; cram: "The bars are sardined with hungry hopefuls" (Gael Greene).

[Middle English sardin, from Old French sardine, from Latin sardīna, from sarda, a kind of fish, ultimately from Greek Sardō, Sardinia.]
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