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.
Pagrus pagrus n : food fish of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe and America [syn: {red porgy}]