English noun: sardine |
1. | sardine (food) small fatty fish usually canned |
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| Synonyms | pilchard |
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| Broader (hypernym) | saltwater fish |
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2. | sardine (animal) any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned |
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| Broader (hypernym) | clupeid, clupeid fish, food fish |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | brisling, Clupea sprattus, sild, sprat |
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3. | sardine (substance) a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony |
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| Synonyms | sard, sardius |
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| Broader (hypernym) | calcedony, chalcedony |
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4. | sardine (animal) small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring |
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| Synonyms | pilchard, Sardina pilchardus |
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| Broader (hypernym) | clupeid, clupeid fish |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Pacific sardine, Sardinops caerulea |
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| Member meronym | genus Sardina, genus Sardinia, Sardina |
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