porgy

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porgy

/ˈpɔːɡi/ UK

Where it comes from

From Portuguese or Spanish pargo, from Latin phagrum, accusative of phager, from Ancient Greek φάγρος (phágros, “sea bream”).

The similarity of porgy to paugie, especially in non-rhotic accents, may have reinforced both terms.

noun porgies

Any of several fish of the family Sparidae of seabreams.
In particular, the scup (paugie, Stenotomus chrysops). Cooper’s was also a fishmonger, with rows of porgies, snapper, and flounder on ice that slowly melted and dribbled pink water into white buckets.

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noun fish of the family Sparidae

Español	pargo
Italiano	dentice
Ελληνικά	φαγγρί fangrí

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@misc{porgy_2026,
  title = {porgy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/porgy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}