pilchard

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈpɪl.tʃəd/
• (America) IPA: /ˈpɪl.tʃɚd/

Noun

pilchard (plural pilchard)

1. Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae.
   • 1839, John Hookham Frere (translator), The Birds, lines 76–77, in Acharnians and two other plays

     He longs occasionally for human diet,
     His old Athenian fare: pilchards, for instance.

Synonyms

• (small fish) sardine

Translations

• German: Sardine

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