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sardine 音標拼音: [sɑrd'in] n. 沙丁魚 沙丁魚 sardine n 1: small fatty fish usually canned [ synonym: { sardine}, { pilchard}] 2: any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned 3: a deep orange- red variety of chalcedony [ synonym: { sard}, { sardine}, { sardius}] 4: small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring [ synonym: { pilchard}, { sardine}, { Sardina pilchardus}] 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. ?.] ( Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster]
Sardine \ Sar" dine\ (? or ?; 277), n. See { Sardius}. [ 1913 Webster]
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