porgy

American  

[pawr-gee] / ˈpɔr gi /

noun

plural

porgy,

plural

porgies

1. Also called common sea bream.  Also called red porgy,.  a sparid food fish, Pagrus pagrus, found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Europe and the Americas.

2. any of several sparid fishes, as the scup.

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porgy British  

/ ˈpɔːɡɪ /

noun

1. Also called: pogy.  any of various sparid fishes, many of which occur in American Atlantic waters See also scup sheepshead

2. any of various similar or related fishes

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Etymology

Origin of porgy

First recorded in 1715–25; porg(o), variant of pargo, or from Spanish or Portuguese, from Latin pag(a)rus kind of fish, from Greek págros, variant of phágros ) + -y ²

Example Sentences

Still, National Marine Fisheries Service’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center rates porgy, or scup, as not overfished; as of 2016, they say, “overfishing was not occurring.”

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2019

"Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy."

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2017

Olympiadis mainly catches dusky grouper, white seabream, and red porgy.

From National Geographic • Jul. 11, 2016

After just an hour, enjoy this perfectly cooked porgy with lemon, ginger, mustard and herbs.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2016

"Ford," suddenly exclaimed Dab, as he finished scaling a large porgy, "what if mother should make a mistake?"

From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 by Dodge, Mary Mapes