pilchard

Etymology
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Noun
His old Athenian fare: pilchards, for instance.
 * 1) Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family.
 * 2) * 1839, John Hookham Frere (translator), The Birds, lines 76–77, in Acharnians and two other plays
 * He longs occasionally for human diet,

Usage notes
The terms sardine and pilchard are not precise, and what is meant depends on the region. Often, the smaller fish are termed sardines and the larger ones pilchards.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: сардела
 * Cornish: hern
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σαρδίνη
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: pilséar
 * Maori: mohimohi, mohi
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: са̀рдела
 * Roman:

Noun

 * , sardine