Sardine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Sardine	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Sardine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sardine n small fatty fish usually canned [syn: sardine, pilchard] any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony Synonym(s): sard, sardine, sardius small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring Synonym(s): pilchard, sardine, Sardina pilchardus
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[94]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}.