Porgy



ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
The sailor's choice, or pinfish.
2.
The margate fish.
3.
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.
4.
Any one of numerous sparoid food fishes, as the jolthead porgy, the sheepshead porgy (Calamus penna) of the West Indies, the grass porgy (Calamus arctifrons) of Florida, and the red porgy (Pagrus pagrus) of Europe.
1.
The scup
2.
The spadefish