Definition of Pilcherd
Pil"chard (?), n. [Cf. It.
pilseir, W. pilcod minnows.] (Zoöl.) A
small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus) resembling the
herring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in great
numbers on the coast of England.
Fools are as like husbands as pilchards are to
herrings. Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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