SARDINE

Sardine

Sardines, or pilchards, are common names used to refer to various small, oily fish within the herring family of Clupeidae. The term sardine was first used in English during the early 15th century and may come from the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, around which sardines were once abundant.

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sardine

Noun

  1. Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or (). The California sardine () is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden.
  2. carnelian


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