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SOUTHERN PORGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does southern porgy mean?
• SOUTHERN PORGY (noun)
The noun SOUTHERN PORGY has 1 sense:
1. porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America
Familiarity information: SOUTHERN PORGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
scup; southern porgy; southern scup; Stenotomus aculeatus
Hypernyms ("southern porgy" is a kind of...):
porgy (important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide)
Meronyms (parts of "southern porgy"):
porgy; scup (lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States)
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