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Webster 1913 Edition

Porgy

Por′gy

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Porgies
(#)
.
[See
Paugie
.]
1.
(Zool.)
(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
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Porgy

POR'GY

,
Noun.
A fish of the gilt-head kind.

Definition 2024

porgy

porgy

English

Noun

porgy ‎(plural porgies)

  1. Any of several fish of the family Sparidae; the sea bream.
    1. In particular, the scup (paugie).

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References

  1. ↑ “porgy” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Etymology

From Spanish or Portuguese pargo, from Latin phagrum, accusative of phager, from Ancient Greek φαγρος ‎(phagros, “sea bream”).[1]

The similarity of porgy to paugie, especially in non-rhotic accents, may have reinforced both terms.

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