Porgy definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary POR'GY, n. A fish ... waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States [syn: porgy, scup] 2: important deep-bodied food and sport fish of ... waters; found worldwide Merriam Webster's noun (plural porgies; also porgy) Etymology: alteration of pargo, from Spanish & Portuguese, from Latin phager ... as a menhaden) of families other than that of the porgy Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. -ies) US any usu. marine ... or Lagodon, rhomboides) of the Southern United States; -- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail, and salt-water bream. (b) A species ... bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug. Note: The same names are also applied to ...
northern porgy definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: found in ... Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish [syn: scup, northern porgy, northern scup, Stenotomus chrysops]
red porgy definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: food fish ... Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe and America [syn: red porgy, Pagrus pagrus]
... waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States [syn: porgy, scup] 3: porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America [syn: scup, southern porgy, southern scup, Stenotomus aculeatus] 4: found in Atlantic coastal waters ... Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish [syn: scup, northern porgy, northern scup, Stenotomus chrysops] Merriam Webster's noun (plural scup ... for scuppaug, modification of Narragansett mishcùppaûog Date: circa 1848 a porgy (Stenotomus chrysops) occurring along the Atlantic coast of the United ... n. an E. American fish, Stenostomus chrysops, a kind of porgy. Etymology: Narraganset mishcup thick-scaled f. mishe large + cuppi ...
... n 1: from Florida and Bahamas to Brazil [syn: sheepshead porgy, Calamus penna] Webster's 1913 Dictionary 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.
... Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe and America [syn: red porgy, Pagrus pagrus] Webster's 1913 Dictionary 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.
Calamus arctifrons definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary 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.
... bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug. Note: The same names are also applied to a ... Indian mishcuppauog. See Scup.] (Zo["o]l.) The scup. See Porgy, and Scup. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Porgy Por"gy, n.; pl. Porgies. [See Paugie.] (Zo["o]l ...
... he worked for the Theatre Guild and directed the play Porgy (1927); he later directed the original production of its musical adaptation, Porgy and Bess (1935), and later such musicals as Oklahoma! (1943 ...
... Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish [syn: scup, northern porgy, northern scup, Stenotomus chrysops] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Scup Scup ... bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug. Note: The same names are also applied to a ...
... bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug. Note: The same names are also applied to a ... closely allied Southern species. (Stenotomus Gardeni). Webster's 1913 Dictionary Porgy Por"gy, n.; pl. Porgies. [See Paugie.] (Zo["o]l ...