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Porgy

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Noun

1. porgy, scup

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

2. porgy

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Porgy

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noun plural -gy or -gies
1. Also called: pogy
any of various sparid fishes, many of which occur in American Atlantic waters
See also scup, sheepshead
2. 
any of various similar or related fishes

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Porgy

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nounWord forms: plural ˈporgies or ˈporgy
1. 
any of a family (Sparidae) of marine percoid food fishes having spiny fins and a wide body covered with large scales, as the scup, the pinfish, and the sheepshead
2. 
any of various other fishes, as the menhaden

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Porgy

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n. pl. porgy or por·gies
1. Any of various deep-bodied marine food fishes of the family Sparidae, especially Pagrus pagrus of Mediterranean and Atlantic waters.
2. Any of various similar fishes.

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