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A small shoaling fish of European waters, Sardina pilchardus (family Clupeidae), which is an important food fish and is especially abundant in…
A fish: apparently the pilchard or anchovy (both caught in immense numbers at Venice, and preserved for exportation). Obsolete. rare.
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus.
a young pilchard, as an article of food.