"porgy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɔːɡi/ [UK] Forms: porgies [plural]
Etymology: From Portuguese or Spanish pargo, from Latin phagrum, accusative of phager, from Ancient Greek φάγρος (phágros, “sea bream”). The similarity of porgy to paugie, especially in non-rhotic accents, may have reinforced both terms. Etymology templates: {{der|en|pt|-}} Portuguese, {{der|en|es|pargo}} Spanish pargo, {{der|en|la|phagrum}} Latin phagrum, {{der|en|grc|φάγρος||sea bream}} Ancient Greek φάγρος (phágros, “sea bream”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} porgy (plural porgies)
  1. Any of several fish of the family Sparidae; the seabream. Categories (lifeform): Sparids
    Sense id: en-porgy-en-noun-AsmQwhkg Disambiguation of Sparids: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50
  2. Any of several fish of the family Sparidae; the seabream.
    In particular, the scup (paugie, Stenotomus chrysops).
    Categories (lifeform): Sparids
    Sense id: en-porgy-en-noun-57kgkf7n Disambiguation of Sparids: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (fish of the family Sparidae): спари (spari) [neuter] (Bulgarian), hammasahven (Finnish), prabo [masculine] (Galician), esparo [masculine] (Galician), φαγγρί (fangrí) [neuter] (Greek), dentice [masculine] (Italian), pargo [masculine] (Spanish)
Derived forms: black porgy (taxonomic: Tautoga onitis), Borrigueta porgy (taxonomic: Boridia grossidens), Campeche porgy (taxonomic: Calamus campechanus), flathead porgy (taxonomic: Calamus mu), grass porgy (taxonomic: Calamus arctifrons), Galapagos porgy (taxonomic: Calamus taurinus), goat's head porgy (taxonomic: Calamus calamus), Japanese black porgy (taxonomic: Acanthopagrus schlegelii), jolthead porgy (taxonomic: Calamus bajonado), knobbed porgy (taxonomic: Calamus nodosus), littlehead porgy (taxonomic: Calamus proridens), littlemouth porgy (taxonomic: Calamus penna), northern porgy (taxonomic: Stenotomus chrysops), Pacific porgy (taxonomic: Calamus brachysomus), pluma porgy (taxonomic: Calamus pennatula), red porgy (taxonomic: Pagrus pagrus), salema porgy (taxonomic: Sarpa salpa), saucereye porgy (taxonomic: Calamus calamus), shad porgy (taxonomic: Calamus arctifrons), sheepshead porgy (taxonomic: Calamus penna), southern porgy (taxonomic: Stenotomus aculeatus), spotfin porgy (taxonomic: Calamus cervigoni), three-tailed porgy (taxonomic: Chaetodipterus faber), whitebone porgy (taxonomic: Calamus leucosteus) Disambiguation of 'fish of the family Sparidae': 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "pargo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "porgy"
}

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