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porgy

por.gy \'po.r-ge-\ n or porgies also porgy [partly fr. earlier pargo 
   (porgy); partly fr. earlier scuppaug (por] pl gy) 1: a blue-spotted crimson 
   percoid food fish (Pagrus pagrus) of the co asts of Europe and America; 
   also : any of various related fishes (family Sparidae) 2: any of various 
   teleost fishes (as a menhaden) not closely related to the  red porgy