English noun: pilchard | |||
1. | pilchard (food) small fatty fish usually canned | ||
Synonyms | sardine | ||
Broader (hypernym) | saltwater fish | ||
2. | pilchard (animal) small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring | ||
Synonyms | Sardina pilchardus, sardine | ||
Broader (hypernym) | clupeid, clupeid fish | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Pacific sardine, Sardinops caerulea | ||
Member meronym | genus Sardina, genus Sardinia, Sardina | ||