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English noun: sardine

1. sardine (food) small fatty fish usually canned


Synonymspilchard


Broader (hypernym)saltwater fish

2. sardine (animal) any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned


Broader (hypernym)clupeid, clupeid fish, food fish


Narrower (hyponym)brisling, Clupea sprattus, sild, sprat

3. sardine (substance) a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony


Synonymssard, sardius


Broader (hypernym)calcedony, chalcedony

4. sardine (animal) small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring


Synonymspilchard, Sardina pilchardus


Broader (hypernym)clupeid, clupeid fish


Narrower (hyponym)Pacific sardine, Sardinops caerulea


Member meronymgenus Sardina, genus Sardinia, Sardina









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