Noun: pilchard pil-chu(r)d
- Small fatty fish usually canned
"We enjoyed pilchards on toast as a quick snack";
- sardine
- Small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
"Fresh pilchards are popular in Mediterranean cuisine";
- sardine, Sardina pilchardus
Derived forms: pilchards
Type of: clupeid, clupeid fish, saltwater fish
Part of: genus Sardina, genus Sardinia, Sardina
Encyclopedia: Pilchard, Venerable Thomas