porgy
Noun
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Lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States (synset 107806057)
is a type of: saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as foodis a part of: scup, southern porgy, southern scup, stenotomus aculeatus - porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North Americasame as: scup
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Important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters;
Found worldwide (synset 102593617)is a type of: bream, sea bream - any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidaesubtypes:- pagrus pagrus, red porgy - food fish of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe and America
- calamus penna, sheepshead porgy - from Florida and Bahamas to Brazil
- northern porgy, northern scup, scup, stenotomus chrysops - found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish
- scup, southern porgy, southern scup, stenotomus aculeatus - porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America
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