Hypertext Webster Gateway: "porgy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sailor \Sail"or\, n.
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other
vessels; one who understands the practical management of
ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common
seaman.
Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
{Sailor's choice}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An excellent marine food fish ({Diplodus, or Lagodon,
rhomboides}) of the Southern United States; -- called
also {porgy}, {squirrel fish}, {yellowtail}, and
{salt-water bream}.
(b) A species of grunt ({Orthopristis, or Pomadasys,
chrysopterus}), an excellent food fish common on the
southern coasts of the United States; -- called also
{hogfish}, and {pigfish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scup \Scup\, n. [Contr. fr. American Indian mishc[`u]p, fr.
mishe-kuppi large, thick-scaled.] (Zo["o]l.)
A marine sparoid food fish ({Stenotomus chrysops}, or {S.
argyrops}), common on the Atlantic coast of the United
States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the
daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night
and when dead. Called also {porgee}, {paugy}, {porgy},
{scuppaug}.
Note: The same names are also applied to a closely allied
Southern species. ({Stenotomus Gardeni}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Porgy \Por"gy\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous sparoid food fishes, as the jolthead
porgy, the sheepshead porgy ({Calamus penna}) of the West
Indies, the grass porgy ({Calamus arctifrons}) of Florida,
and the red porgy ({Pagrus pagrus}) of Europe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spadefish \Spade"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An American market fish ({Ch[ae]todipterus faber}) common on
the southern coasts; -- called also {angel fish}, {moonfish},
and {porgy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Porgy \Por"gy\, n.; pl. {Porgies}. [See {Paugie}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The scup.
(b) The sailor's choice, or pinfish.
(c) The margate fish.
(d) The spadefish.
(e) Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf
fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given
locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish.
[Written also {porgee}, {porgie}, and {paugy}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
porgy
n 1: lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic
coast of the United States [syn: {scup}]
2: important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and
tropical coastal waters; found worldwide
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