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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sardine \Sar"dine\ (? or ?; 277), noun [F. sardine (cf. Sp. sardina, sarda, It. sardina, sardella), L. sardina, sarda; cf. Gr. ?, ?; so called from the island of Sardinia, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine ({Clupea pilchardus}). The California sardine ({Clupea sagax}) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sardine \Sar"dine\ (? or ?; 277), noun See {Sardius}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sardine
noun
1: small fatty fish usually canned [syn: {pilchard}]
2: any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
3: a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony [syn: {sard}, {sardius}]
4: small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring [syn: {pilchard}, {Sardina pilchardus}]
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