Found 2 items, similar to pilchard.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pilchard pilchard n 1: small fatty fish usually canned [syn: sardine] 2: small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring [syn: sardine, Sardina pilchardus ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pilchard Pilchard \Pil"chard\, n. [Cf. It. pilseir, W. pilcod minnows.] (Zo["o]l.) A small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus) resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in great numbers on the coast of England. [1913 Webster] Fools are as like husbands as pilchards are to herrings. --Shak. [1913 Webster]