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red porgy

red porgy

8.4
A medium-sized sea fish often eaten and found in the Mediterranean and along Atlantic coasts of Europe and America
  • noun
  • /rɛd ˈpɔrɡi/
translation icon : pargo rojo
  • When preparing a meal, she chose red porgy because of its reputation as a delicious food fish.

Examples

  • Many restaurants are now adding red porgy to their seafood menus due to its delicate flavor.

  • There are a variety of fish you can catch on this family charter fishing Gulf Shores vacation, such as triggerfish, red snapper, red porgy, vermillion snapper, and many, many more.

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  • The local fishermen often catch red porgy along the Atlantic coast during the summer months.

Synonyms

Pagrus pagrus
vsred porgy
  • Specialized
9.9

A common sea fish eaten in the Mediterranean and along Atlantic coasts

is the common everyday name for the same species

Surface Forms

red porgy singular
red porgies plural

Morphology

red + porgy

The phrase combines the color adjective 'red' with the noun 'porgy' (a type of fish), so its meaning — a porgy that is red or called 'red porgy' — is directly derivable from the constituents. This color + noun species naming pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows transparent compositional rules that a B1 learner who knows both words would understand.

Etymology

The name red porgy comes from the fish's color and the older word porgy for a kind of 'sea bream'. So red porgy simply means the red kind of that 'food fish'.