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porgies

porgies is the plural of porgy.

porgies is the plural of porgie.

Meaning of porgy

Noun

porgy (plural porgies)

  1. Any of several fish of the family Sparidae of seabreams.
    1. In particular, the scup (paugie, Stenotomus chrysops).
      • Cooper’s was also a fishmonger, with rows of porgies, snapper, and flounder on ice that slowly melted and dribbled pink water into white buckets.2023, Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto, Fleet, pages 244-245

Phrases with porgies

Questions about porgies

What is porgies the plural of?
Porgies is the plural of porgy.

Words near porgies in the dictionary

  1. Porfiriato
  2. porfiromycin
  3. porgee
  4. porgees
  5. porgie
  6. porgies
  7. porgy
  8. pori
  9. poria
  10. poribacteria
  11. poribacterial

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