pilchard

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Pronunciation

/ˈpɪl.tʃəd/ (UK)

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/ˈpɪl.tʃəd/ (UK) · /ˈpɪl.t͡ʃɚd/ (US)

Definition of pilchard

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae.

“1839, John Hookham Frere (translator), The Birds, lines 76–77, in Acharnians and two other plays He longs occasionally for human diet, His old Athenian fare: pilchards, for instance.”

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From earlier pilcher, adapted to the suffix -ard. Further etymology unknown. Compare Dutch pelser.

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