Definition of sardine
Nouns
small fatty fish usually canned
- Synonyms:
- pilchard
- Type of:
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saltwater fish
flesh of fish from the sea used as food
any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
- Types:
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sild
any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway
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Clupea sprattus, brisling, sprat
small herring processed like a sardine
- Type of:
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food fish
any fish used for food by human beings
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clupeid, clupeid fish
any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony
- Type of:
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calcedony, chalcedony
a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz
small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
- Synonyms:
- Sardina pilchardus, pilchard
- Types:
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Pacific sardine, Sardinops caerulea
small pilchards common off the pacific coast of North America
- Type of:
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clupeid, clupeid fish
any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
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