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Definition of Pilchard

1. Noun. Small fatty fish usually canned.

2. Noun. Small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring.

Definition of Pilchard

1. n. A small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus) resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in great numbers on the coast of England.

Definition of Pilchard

1. Noun. Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family ''Clupeidae''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pilchard

1. a small marine fish [n -S]

Medical Definition of Pilchard

1. A small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus) resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in great numbers on the coast of England. "Fools are as like husbands as pilchards are to herrings." (Shak) Origin: Cf. It. Pilseir, W. Pilcod minnows. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pilchard

pilaffs pilafs pilar pilar cyst pilar tumour of scalp pilary pilaster pilastered pilasters pilastre

pilau pilaus pilaw pilaws pilch pilchard (current term) pilchards pilcher pilchers pilches

pilcorn pilcorns pilcrow pilcrows pile pile-up pile-ups pile driver pile drivers pile dwelling

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