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Webster 1913 Edition
Porgy
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.