sheepshead porgy — noun from Florida and Bahamas to Brazil • Syn: ↑Calamus penna • Hypernyms: ↑porgy • Member Holonyms: ↑Calamus, ↑genus Calamus * * * noun : a small fish ( … Useful english dictionary
Porgy — Por gy, n.; pl. {Porgies}. [See {Paugie}.] 1. (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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sheepshead — [shēps′hed΄] n. 1. pl. sheepshead or sheepsheads 2. ☆ a) a large, edible, marine porgy fish (Archosargus probatocephalus) with a massive head, a striped body, and sheeplike incisor and molar teeth: found along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the… … English World dictionary
porgy — ☆ porgy [pôr′gē ] n. pl. porgies or porgy [prob. altered < Sp or Port pargo < L pagrus < Gr phagros, sea bream] 1. any of a family (Sparidae) of marine percoid food fishes having spiny fins and a wide body covered with large scales, as… … English World dictionary
Sheepshead — Sheeps head , n. [So called because of the fancied resemblance of its head and front teeth to those of a sheep.] (Zo[ o]l.) A large and valuable sparoid food fish ({Archosargus probatocephalus} syn. {Diplodus probatocephalus}) found on the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
porgy — /pawr gee/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) porgy, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) porgies. 1. a sparid food fish, Pagrus pagrus, found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America. 2. any of several other… … Universalium
sheepshead — /sheeps hed /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) sheepshead, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) sheepsheads for 1 3. 1. a deep bodied, black banded food fish, Archosargus probatocephalus, living along the Atlantic coast of the U.S. 2. a… … Universalium
little-mouthed porgy — mažažiotis porgas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Calamus penna angl. little mouthed porgy; sheepshead porgy rus. калам пенна; центральноамериканский карась ryšiai: platesnis terminas – porgai … Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas
littlemouth porgy — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : sheepshead porgy … Useful english dictionary
Calamus arctifrons — Porgy Por gy, n.; pl. {Porgies}. [See {Paugie}.] 1. (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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English