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ˈpɪl tʃərdpilchard

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sardine, pilchardnoun

    small fatty fish usually canned

  2. pilchard, sardine, Sardina pilchardusnoun

    small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring

Wiktionary

  1. pilchardnoun

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

Wikipedia

  1. Pilchard

    "Sardine" and "pilchard" are common names for various species of small, oily forage fish in the herring family Clupeidae. The term "sardine" was first used in English during the early 15th century; a folk etymology says it comes from the Italian island of Sardinia, around which sardines were once supposedly abundant.The terms "sardine" and "pilchard" are not precise, and what is meant depends on the region. The United Kingdom's Sea Fish Industry Authority, for example, classifies sardines as young pilchards. One criterion suggests fish shorter in length than 15 cm (6 in) are sardines, and larger fish are pilchards.The FAO/WHO Codex standard for canned sardines cites 21 species that may be classed as sardines. FishBase, a comprehensive database of information about fish, calls at least six species "pilchard", over a dozen just "sardine", and many more with the two basic names qualified by various adjectives.

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  1. pilchard

    A pilchard is a type of small, oily fish in the herring family. It is often used for food and is commonly found in the Atlantic Ocean, particularly in the waters around Europe and North America. They are also known as sardines, especially when canned or preserved.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pilchardnoun

    a small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus) resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in great numbers on the coast of England

  2. Etymology: [Cf. It. pilseir, W. pilcod minnows.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Pilchard

    pil′chärd, n. a sea-fish like the herring, but thicker and rounder, caught chiefly on the Cornish coast. [Prob. Celt., Ir. pilseir.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. pilchard

    The Clupea pilchardus, a fish allied to the herring, which appears in vast shoals off the Cornish coast about July.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PILCHARD

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pilchard is ranked #120901 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Pilchard surname appeared 143 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pilchard.

    93.7% or 134 total occurrences were White.
    4.2% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pilchard in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pilchard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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