porgy
(noun) important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide
porgy, scup
(noun) lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States
Source: WordNet® 3.1
porgy (plural porgies)
Any of several fish of the family Sparidae; the sea bream.
In particular, the scup (paugie, Stenotomus chrysops).
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Source: Wiktionary
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
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
