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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Porgy \Por"gy\, n.; pl. {Porgies}. [See {Paugie}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The scup.
(b) The sailor's choice, or pinfish.
(c) The margate fish.
(d) The spadefish.
(e) 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.
[Written also {porgee}, {porgie}, and {paugy}.]
資料來源 : WordNet®
porgy
n 1: lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic
coast of the United States [syn: {scup}]
2: important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and
tropical coastal waters; found worldwide