English noun: porgy |
1. | porgy (food) lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States |
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| Synonyms | scup |
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| Broader (hypernym) | saltwater fish |
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| Part meronym | scup, southern porgy, southern scup, Stenotomus aculeatus |
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2. | porgy (animal) important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide |
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| Broader (hypernym) | bream, sea bream |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Calamus penna, northern porgy, northern scup, Pagrus pagrus, red porgy, scup, scup, sheepshead porgy, southern porgy, southern scup, Stenotomus aculeatus, Stenotomus chrysops |
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