Definition: porgy

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porgy
     n 1: lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic
          coast of the United States [syn: scup]
     2: important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and
        tropical coastal waters; found worldwide

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Sailor \Sail"or\, n.
   One who follows the business of navigating ships or other
   vessels; one who understands the practical management of
   ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common
   seaman.

   Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.

   Sailor's choice. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus, or Lagodon,
       rhomboides) of the Southern United States; -- called
       also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail, and
       salt-water bream.
   (b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis, or Pomadasys,
       chrysopterus), an excellent food fish common on the
       southern coasts of the United States; -- called also
       hogfish, and pigfish.
Scup \Scup\, n. [Contr. fr. American Indian mishc[`u]p, fr.
   mishe-kuppi large, thick-scaled.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A marine sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or S.
   argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the United
   States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the
   daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night
   and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy,
   scuppaug.

   Note: The same names are also applied to a closely allied
         Southern species. (Stenotomus Gardeni).
Porgy \Por"gy\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   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.
Spadefish \Spade"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   An American market fish (Ch[ae]todipterus faber) common on
   the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish,
   and porgy.
Porgy \Por"gy\, n.; pl. Porgies. [See Paugie.] (Zo["o]l.)
   (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.]