pogy

3 definitions found

pogy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pogy \Po"gy\, n. (Zool.)
     The menhaden.
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     Note: Pogy is often confounded with porgy, and therefore
           incorrectly applied to various fishes.
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  menhaden \men*ha"den\, n. (Zool.)
     An American marine fish (Brevoortia tyrannus) of the
     Herring family (Clupeidae), chiefly valuable for its oil
     and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also
     mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead,
     whitefish, etc.
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pogy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pogy
      n 1: money received from the state [syn: dole, pogy,
           pogey]