Pilchard

n.

1.

(Zool.) 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.

Noun	1.	pilchard - small fatty fish usually canned Synonyms: sardine
	2.	pilchard - small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring Synonyms: Sardina pilchardus, sardine

saltwater fish, sardine