NORTHERN PORGY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish

Synonyms:

northern porgy; northern scup; scup; Stenotomus chrysops

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("northern porgy" is a kind of...):

porgy (important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide)

Meronyms (parts of "northern porgy"):

scup (flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States)

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