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Definition of Sardine
1. Noun. Small fatty fish usually canned.
2. Noun. Any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned.
Specialized synonyms: Sild, Brisling, Clupea Sprattus, Sprat
3. Noun. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
4. Noun. Small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring.
Generic synonyms: Clupeid, Clupeid Fish
Group relationships: Genus Sardina, Genus Sardinia, Sardina
Specialized synonyms: Pacific Sardine, Sardinops Caerulea
Definition of Sardine
1. n. Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden.
2. n. See Sardius.
Definition of Sardine
1. Noun. Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pichardus). The California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) carnelian ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sardine
1. to pack tightly [v -DINED, -DINING, -DINES]
Medical Definition of Sardine
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sardine
Literary usage of Sardine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"For table of constants see p. 657. This oil is obtained in the preparation of
tinned sardines. The Japanese sardine oil—Japan fish oil—prepared on a large ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"sardine (2), a precious stone. (L., — Gk.) ME tardy», Wyclif, Kcv. iv. 3. —Lat.
sardinas*, not in the ... See sardine (2) and Onyx. SARSNET ; see Sarcenet. ..."
3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"sardine, a small and well known fish of the herring family, ... The menhaden (A.
menhaden) is called the American sardine, and is caught on the coast of New ..."
4. The Commercial Products of the Sea: Or, Marine Contributions to Food by Peter Lund Simmonds (1879)
"Derivation of the name " sardine "—Extent of the French fishery—Mode of ...
The sardine fishery is eminently French. It is carried on from the Gulf of ..."
5. A Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament by Ethelbert William Bullinger (1908)
"It was of (wo kinds, the transparent or blood- red being our camel ian ; the
brownish, our sardine, Ixx. for DIA, Ex. xxviii. 7; Ezek. xxviii. 13. ..."
6. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Pacific sardine These small pelagic clupeids occur in the California ... It has
been generally accepted that the sardine population off the west coast of ..."
7. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"For table of constants see p. 657. This oil is obtained in the preparation of
tinned sardines. The Japanese sardine oil—Japan fish oil—prepared on a large ..."
8. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"sardine (2), a precious stone. (L., — Gk.) ME tardy», Wyclif, Kcv. iv. 3. —Lat.
sardinas*, not in the ... See sardine (2) and Onyx. SARSNET ; see Sarcenet. ..."
9. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"sardine, a small and well known fish of the herring family, ... The menhaden (A.
menhaden) is called the American sardine, and is caught on the coast of New ..."
10. The Commercial Products of the Sea: Or, Marine Contributions to Food by Peter Lund Simmonds (1879)
"Derivation of the name " sardine "—Extent of the French fishery—Mode of ...
The sardine fishery is eminently French. It is carried on from the Gulf of ..."
11. A Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament by Ethelbert William Bullinger (1908)
"It was of (wo kinds, the transparent or blood- red being our camel ian ; the
brownish, our sardine, Ixx. for DIA, Ex. xxviii. 7; Ezek. xxviii. 13. ..."
12. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Pacific sardine These small pelagic clupeids occur in the California ... It has
been generally accepted that the sardine population off the west coast of ..."
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