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noun

Porgy n. (pl. porgies)

(Zool.)

(a)

The scup.

(b)

The sailor's choice, or pinfish.

(c)

The margate fish.

(d)

The spadefish.

(e)

Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish. (Written also porgee, porgie, and paugy)

(Zool.) Any one of numerous sparoid food fishes, as the jolthead porgy, the sheepshead porgy (Calamus penna) of the West Indies, the grass porgy (Calamus arctifrons) of Florida, and the red porgy (Pagrus pagrus) of Europe.

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Etymology of 'Porgy'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Porgy" Quotes from Famous Books

... among the enticing hooks. Every fisherman handles two lines, and when the fishing is good he is kept busy hauling in and striking off the fish until his arms ache, and the tough skin on his hands is nearly chafed through. Sometimes the hooks are baited with bits of clam or porgy, though usually the mackerel, when biting at all, will snap with avidity at a naked hook, if tinned so as to shine in the water. Mr. Nordhoff, whose reminiscences of life on a fishing boat I have already quoted, describes this method of fishing and ...

— American Merchant Ships and Sailors • Willis J. Abbot

Words linked to "Porgy" : Calamus penna, scup, sea bream, northern scup, Pagrus pagrus, northern porgy, Stenotomus chrysops, sheepshead porgy, red porgy, bream, saltwater fish