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n. Any of various deep-bodied marine food fishes of the family Sparidae, especially a common species Pagrus pagrus of Mediterranean and Atlantic waters.

n. Any of several fishes similar to the porgy.

n. Any of several fish of the family Sparidae; the sea bream or scup

n.

n. The scup.

n. The sailor's choice, or pinfish.

n. The margate fish.

n. The spadefish.

n. 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.

n. 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.

n. One of several different fishes.

n. A scaroid fish, Scarus radians.

n. Same as white perch (which see, under perch).

n. lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States

n. important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide

"The red snapper ($13) is strictly for high-rollers, while the so-called porgy sandwich ($8) is a small specimen, just the right size for one person, and the clerk at the cash register may or may not remember to throw a couple of slices of bread in the paper basket when he calls your number."

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flannelmouthed porgy    rhomboidal porgy    saucer-eye porgy    spanish porgy    deep-water porgies    shad-porgy    three-tailed porgy    southern porgy    sheep's-head porgy    grass-porgy   

porgee    porgie    paugy   

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