clupea sagax

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clupea sagax - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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. ?.]
     (Zool.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]