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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pilchard \Pil"chard\, noun [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.
Fools are as like husbands as pilchards are to herrings. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pilchard
noun
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}]
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