Sardine
WordNet
noun
(1) Any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
(2) Small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
(3) Small fatty fish usually canned
(4) A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony
WiktionaryText
Etymology
from French sardine (compare Spanish sardina, sarda, Italian sardina, sardella), Latin sardina, sarda; so called from island of Sardinia, Greek Sardō
Noun
- Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pichardus). 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.