NORTHERN PORGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does northern porgy mean? 

• NORTHERN PORGY (noun)
  The noun NORTHERN PORGY has 1 sense:

1. found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish

  Familiarity information: NORTHERN PORGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORTHERN PORGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

northern porgy; northern scup; scup; Stenotomus chrysops

Hypernyms ("northern porgy" is a kind of...):

porgy (important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide)

Meronyms (parts of "northern porgy"):

scup (flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States)