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Definition of: pilchard
(pil′chərd) noun
1. A herringlike food fish (Sardinia pilchardus) of European Atlantic and Mediterranean waters, the sardine.
2. The California sardine. Also Obs. pil′cher, pil′cherd. [Earlier pilcher,? <Scand. Cf. Norw. pilk an artificial bait.]
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