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Sailor \Sail"or\, n.
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other
vessels; one who understands the practical management of
ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common
seaman.
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Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
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{Sailor's choice}. (Zool.)
(a) An excellent marine food fish ({Diplodus rhomboides},
syn. {Lagodon rhomboides}) of the Southern United States;
-- called also {porgy}, {squirrel fish}, {yellowtail},
and {salt-water bream}.
(b) A species of grunt ({Orthopristis chrysopterus} syn.
{Pomadasys chrysopterus}), an excellent food fish common
on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called
also {hogfish}, and {pigfish}.
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Scup \Scup\, n. [Contr. fr. American Indian mishc[`u]p, fr.
mishe-kuppi large, thick-scaled.] (Zool.)
A marine sparoid food fish ({Stenotomus chrysops}, or
{Stenotomus argyrops}), common on the Atlantic coast of the
United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the
daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night
and when dead. Called also {porgee}, {paugy}, {porgy},
{scuppaug}.
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Note: The same names are also applied to a closely allied
Southern species ({Stenotomus Gardeni}).
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Spadefish \Spade"fish`\ (sp[=a]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
An American market fish ({Chaetodipterus faber}) common on
the southern coasts; -- called also {angel fish}, {moonfish},
and {porgy}.
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Porgy \Por"gy\, n.; pl. {Porgies}. [See {Paugie}.]
1. (Zool.)
(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}.]
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2. (Zool.) Any one of numerous sparoid food fishes, as the
jolthead porgy, the sheepshead porgy ({Calamus penna}) of
the West Indies, the grass porgy ({Calamus arctifrons}) of
Florida, and the red porgy ({Pagrus pagrus}) of Europe.
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