Definition of Northern porgy

1. Noun. Found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish.

Exact synonyms: Northern Scup, Scup, Stenotomus Chrysops
Generic synonyms: Porgy
Terms within: Scup

Lexicographical Neighbors of Northern Porgy

northern hemisphere
northern holly fern
northern lapwing
northern lapwings
northern lights
northern mammoth
northern oak fern
northern oriole
northern parula
northern phalarope
northern pike
northern pikes
northern pin oak
northern pitch pine
northern pocket gopher
northern porgy (current term)
northern raven
northern red-backed vole
northern red oak
northern screamer
northern scup
northern sea robin
northern shoveler
northern shovelers
northern shrike
northern shrimp
northern shrimps
northern snakehead
northern storm petrel
northern territory

Literary usage of Northern porgy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"... but not to the same genus as the northern porgy, as the scup is sometimes called. They are characterized by a deep, compressed body, humpbacked, ..."

2. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
"... but not to the same genus as the northern porgy, as the scup is sometimes called. They are characterized by a deep, compressed body, humpbacked, ..."

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