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RED PORGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does red porgy mean?
• RED PORGY (noun)
The noun RED PORGY has 1 sense:
1. food fish of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe and America
Familiarity information: RED PORGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Food fish of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe and America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Pagrus pagrus; red porgy
Hypernyms ("red porgy" is a kind of...):
porgy (important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide)
Holonyms ("red porgy" is a member of...):
genus Pagrus; Pagrus (a genus of Sparidae)
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