Definition of Pagrus pagrus

1. Noun. Food fish of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.

Exact synonyms: Red Porgy
Generic synonyms: Porgy
Group relationships: Genus Pagrus, Pagrus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pagrus Pagrus

Pagellus centrodontus
Pagenstecher's circle
Paget
Paget's cells
Paget's disease
Paget's disease of the nipple
Paget-Eccleston stain
Paget-von Schrotter syndrome
Pagnolesque
Pago Pago
Pagophila
Pagophila eburnea
Pagophilus
Pagophilus groenlandicus
Pagrus
Pagrus pagrus
Paguridae
Pagurus
PahA dioxygenase
Pahang
Pahari
Paharis
Pahlavi
Pahlevi
Pahvant Valley fever
Pahvant Valley plague
Paige
Pain
Paine
Paint

Literary usage of Pagrus pagrus

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

1. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"... the name from time immemorial of the red porgy of the Mediterranean, Pagrus pagrus. In this I ÌL, (Sketch by Kako Monta.) \ *, Fio. 2SO. ..."

2. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"... the name from time immemorial of the red porgy of the Mediterranean, Pagrus pagrus. In this I « \ FIG. 280.—Ebisu, the Fish-god of Japan, bearing a Red ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The pagrus pagrus of European waters is called the red porgy. Consult Kingsley, TS, 'Standard Natural History' (Vol. Ill, Boston 1885). ..."

4. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"The common porgy of southern Europe (pagrus pagrus), known also from Charleston, SC, to Uruguay, may be looked for on the lower part of the ..."

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