Sardina pilchardus

Definitions of Sardina pilchardus

1. noun

   small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
   synonyms: pilchard, sardine

   types:

   Pacific sardine, Sardinops caerulea

   small pilchards common off the pacific coast of North America

   type of:

   clupeid, clupeid fish

   any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas