the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > order Clupeiformes > [noun] > family Engraulidae > engraulis encrasicholus (anchovy) (4)
Any of numerous small fishes allied to the herrings that constitute the family Engraulidae, commonly found in shoals; esp. any of those that are…
A fish: apparently the pilchard or anchovy (both caught in immense numbers at Venice, and preserved for exportation). Obsolete. rare.
†(a) the anchovy; (b) dialect (see quot. 1672).