ALL meanings of pilchard
pil·chard
P p - noun pilchard variety of small fish 1
- noun pilchard a small, southern European, marine fish, Sardina pilchardus, related to the herring but smaller and rounder. 1
- noun pilchard any of several related fishes, as Sardinops caeruleus, common off the California coast. 1
- countable noun pilchard Pilchards are small fish that live in the sea. Pilchards can be eaten as food. 0
- noun pilchard a European food fish, Sardina (or Clupea) pilchardus, with a rounded body covered with large scales: family Clupeidae (herrings) 0
- noun pilchard a related fish, Sardinops neopilchardus, of S Australian waters 0
- noun pilchard a member of any of two genera (Sardina and Sardinops) of small, oily, marine clupeid fishes; esp., the commercial sardine (Sardina pilchardus) of W Europe 0