First Known Use: 1671
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porgy
noun por·gy \ˈpȯr-gē\
plural porgies also porgy
Definition of PORGY
1
: a blue-spotted silvery-red food fish (Pagrus pagrus of the family Sparidae) of the eastern and western Atlantic; also : any of various fishes (as a scup) of the same family
2
[alteration of pogy] : any of various bony fishes (as a menhaden) of families other than that of the porgy
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Origin of PORGY
alteration of pargo, from Spanish & Portuguese, from Latin phager, from Greek phagros
Rhymes with PORGY
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