Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sardine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sardine \Sar"dine\ (? or ?; 277), n. [F. sardine (cf. Sp.
sardina, sarda, It. sardina, sardella), L. sardina, sarda;
cf. Gr. ?, ?; so called from the island of Sardinia, Gr. ?.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several small species of herring which are
commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the
pilchard, or European sardine ({Clupea pilchardus}). 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sardine \Sar"dine\ (? or ?; 277), n.
See {Sardius}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sardine
n 1: small fatty fish usually canned [syn: {pilchard}]
2: any of various small edible herring or related food fishes
frequently canned
3: a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony [syn: {sard}, {sardius}]
4: small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe;
smaller and rounder than herring [syn: {pilchard}, {Sardina
pilchardus}]
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