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(noun) any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned |
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Related Words: Clupea sprattus, brisling, clupeid, clupeid fish, food fish, sild, sprat |
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| 2. |
(noun) small fatty fish usually canned |
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Synonyms: pilchard |
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Related Words: saltwater fish |
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(noun) small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring |
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Synonyms: Sardina pilchardus, pilchard |
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Related Words: Pacific sardine, Sardinops caerulea, clupeid, clupeid fish |
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(noun) a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony |
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Synonyms: sard, sardius |
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Related Words: calcedony, chalcedony |
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