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pilchard

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pilchard

Local name in Britain and elsewhere for the European sardine (Sardina pilchardus). It is found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Spain, Portugal, France, and Britain.


pilchard
1. a European food fish, Sardina (or Clupea) pilchardus, with a rounded body covered with large scales: family Clupeidae (herrings)
2. a related fish, Sardinops neopilchardus, of S Australian waters


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Well, sit down, and let us begin with these pilchards, and this fresh butter; which I have put on some vine-leaves to please you, wicked one.
 
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