sardine -
Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine Clupea pichardus. The California sardine Clupea sagax is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden.
Sardines, or pilchards, are several types of small, oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae. Sardines were named after the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, where they once lived in abundance. The terms sardine and pilchard are not precise, and the usual meanings vary by region.
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sardine Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food.
