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pilchards

pilchards is the plural of pilchard.

Meaning of pilchard

Noun

pilchard (plural pilchard or pilchards)

  1. Any of various small oily fish that are, or are related to, herrings, in the family Clupeidae.
    • He longs occasionally for human diet,
      His old Athenian fare: pilchards, for instance.1839, John Hookham Frere (translator), The Birds, lines 76–77, in Acharnians and two other plays
    Synonyms:
    sardine
    1. (often, specifically) Sardina pilchardus.

Phrases with pilchards

Questions about pilchards

What is pilchards the plural of?
Pilchards is the plural of pilchard.

Words near pilchards in the dictionary

  1. pilbarite
  2. Pilbeam
  3. Pilbrow
  4. pilch
  5. pilchard
  6. pilchards
  7. pilcher
  8. pilchers
  9. pilches
  10. pilciloricid
  11. Pilcomayo

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