porgy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States
    scup.
  2. noun important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide

WordNet

Por"gy noun
Etymology
See Paugie.
Wordforms
plural Porgies
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) The scup. (b) The sailor's choice, or pinfish. (c) The margate fish. (d) The spadefish. (e) Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish. Written also porgee, porgie, and paugy.

Webster 1913