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pil•chard

Pronunciation: (pil'churd), [key]
—n.
1. a small, southern European, marine fish, Sardina pilchardus, related to the herring but smaller and rounder.
2. any of several related fishes, as Sardinops caeruleus, common off the California coast.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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