PORGIES

Noun

porgies

plural of porgy

plural of porgie

Anagrams

• perogis, serpigo

Source: Wiktionary


PORGY

Por"gy, n.; pl. Porgies. Etym: [See Paugie.] (Zoöl.) (a) The scup. (b) The sailor's choice, or pinfish. (c) The margate fish. (d) The spadefish. (e) Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish. [Written also porgee, porgie, and paugy.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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