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Definition of Clupea sagax
Clupea sagax Sardine Sar"dine (? or ?; 277), n. [F. sardine (cf. Sp.
sardina, sarda, It. sardina, sardella), L. sardina, sarda;
cf. Gr. ?, ?; so called from the island of Sardinia, Gr. ?.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several small species of herring which are
commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the
pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pilchardus). The
California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American
sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the
common herring and of the menhaden.
