pilchard (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *pilchard*:
NOUN	food	pilchard, sardine	small fatty fish usually canned
animal	pilchard, sardine, Sardina pilchardus	small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe

English > *pilchard*: 2 senses > noun 1, food
Meaning	small fatty fish usually canned.
Synonym	sardine
Broader	saltwater fish	flesh of fish from the sea used as food
Spanish	sardina
Catalan	sardina

English > *pilchard*: 2 senses > noun 2, animal
Meaning	small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring.
Synonyms	sardine, Sardina pilchardus
Member of	Sardina, genus Sardina, genus Sardinia	pilchards
Narrower	Pacific sardine, Sardinops caerulea	small pilchards common off the pacific coast of North America
Broader	clupeid fish, clupeid	Any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
Spanish	sardina
Catalan	sardina

HyperDic: pilchard