Definition of sardine Sardine

/sɑɹdiˈn/ - [sardeen] - sar•dine

We found 14 definitions of sardine from 8 different sources.

What does sardine mean?

Noun Plural: sardines
sardine - any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
		clupeid, clupeid fish any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
		food fish any fish used for food by human beings
		sild any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway
sardine - small fatty fish usually canned
		pilchard
sardine - small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
		pilchard, Sardina pilchardus
		clupeid, clupeid fish any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
		genus sardina, genus sardinia, sardina pilchards
sardine - a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony
		sard, sardius

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sardine (Noun)
Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine Clupea pichardus . 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.
sardine (Noun)
carnelian.

sardine (n.)
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.
sardine (n.)
See Sardius.

sardine
Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food.

sardine
sär-dēn′, n. a small fish of the herring family, abundant about the island of Sardinia, potted with olive-oil for export, the pilchard: a petty character. [Fr., (It. sardina)—L. sarda, sardina—Gr. sardēnē.]
sardine
sär′din, n. the same as Sard.—Also Sar′dius. [O. Fr. sardine.]

sardine
Engraulis meletta, a fish closely allied to the anchovy; found in the Mediterranean and Atlantic.

Sardine is a name of several kinds of fish, especially Oily Phil. Another name for these fish is Pilchard. All of those fish are quite small and are related to the herring. The Latin name of the familiy of those fish is Clupeidae. However, the naming is not precise. Fishbase, a database about all kinds of fish, has six species just named "pilchard". There are over a dozen with the name of "sardine". Many more exist, with the basic names qualified by adjectives.

The fish are named after the Island of Sardinia. In the past, they could easily be fished there.

Many shops and supermarkets sell canned (or tinned) "sardines". Very often, those fish are not sardines, but rather sprats or round herrings.