plural porgies also porgy
Definition of porgy
1
: a blue-spotted silvery-red food fish (Pagrus pagrus of the family Sparidae) of the eastern and western Atlantic
also
: any of various fishes (such as a scup) of the same family
2
[alteration of pogy]
: any of various bony fishes (such as a menhaden) of families other than that of the porgy
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The first known use of porgy was in 1671
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