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por•gy

Pronunciation: (pôr'gē), [key]
—n.,
—pl. (esp. collectively) -gy, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -gies.
1. a sparid food fish, Pagrus pagrus, found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
2. any of several other sparid fishes, as the scup.

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

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