"pilchard" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪl.tʃəd/ [UK], /ˈpɪl.t͡ʃɚd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-pilchard.wav Forms: pilchard [plural], pilchards [plural]
Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun|pilchard|s}} pilchard (plural pilchard or pilchards)
  1. Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae. Categories (lifeform): Herrings Synonyms (small fish): sardine Translations (a cigar-shaped fish with a short dorsal fin and forked tail): σαρδίνη (sardínē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), sardina (Asturian), сардела (sardela) [feminine] (Bulgarian), hernen [feminine] (Cornish), sardiini (Finnish), pilchard [masculine] (French), Sardine [feminine] (German), szardínia (Hungarian), pilséar [masculine] (Irish), mohimohi (Maori), mohi (Maori), са̀рдела [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sàrdela [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sardina (Turkish), sardalya (Turkish), pennog Mair [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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