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pil·chard

 (pĭl′chərd)
n.
Any of various small edible marine fishes of the family Clupeidae, especially a commercially important European species, Sardina pilchardus, which is often canned. Small pilchards are sometimes called sardines.
[Origin unknown.]
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pilchard

(ˈpɪltʃəd)
n
1. (Animals) a European food fish, Sardina (or Clupea) pilchardus, with a rounded body covered with large scales: family Clupeidae (herrings)
2. (Animals) a related fish, Sardinops neopilchardus, of S Australian waters
[C16: pylcher, of obscure origin]
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pil•chard

(ˈpɪl tʃərd)

n.
1. a small, S European marine fish, Sardina pilchardus, related to the herring but smaller and rounder.
2. any of several related fishes, as Sardinops sagax, common off the California coast.
[1520–30; earlier pilcher; orig. uncertain]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.pilchard - small fatty fish usually cannedpilchard - small fatty fish usually canned  
sardine
saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
2.pilchard - small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
Sardina pilchardus, sardine
clupeid, clupeid fish - any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
genus Sardina, genus Sardinia, Sardina - pilchards
Pacific sardine, Sardinops caerulea - small pilchards common off the pacific coast of North America
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pilchard

[ˈpɪltʃəd] N → sardina f
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pilchard

[ˈpɪltʃərd] n → pilchard m
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pilchard

n → Sardine f
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pilchard

[ˈpɪltʃəd] n → sardina
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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