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Word entry · 5 letters

porgy

Best crossword clue

"Deep-bodied fish"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɔːɡi/Part of speech nounSorted gopryStarts with PEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide

Word origin

From Portuguese or Spanish pargo, from Latin phagrum, accusative of phager, from Ancient Greek φάγρος (phágros, “sea bream”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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