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sardine1 n pl -dines, -dine 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various small marine food fishes of the herring family, esp a young pilchard See also sild like sardines very closely crowded together [via Old French from Latin sardīna, diminutive of sarda a fish suitable for pickling] sardine2 n
(Earth Sciences / Minerals) another name for sard [from Late Latin sardinus, from Greek sardinos lithos Sardian stone, from Sardeis Sardis] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations sardine [sɑːˈdiːn] N (sardine or sardines (pl)) → sardina f packed in like sardines → como sardinas en lata n sardine [saːˈdiːn] a young pilchard, often packed in oil in small tins. sardyn سَمَك سَرْدين сардина sardinka sardin die Sardine σαρδέλα sardina sardiin ماهي ساردين sardiini sardine סַרדִין सार्डीन मछली srdela, sardina szardínia sarden sardína sardina いわし 정어리 sardinė sardīne sardin sardine sardin sardynka sardinha sardea сардина sardinka sardina sardina sardin ปลาซาร์ดีน sardalya (balığı) 沙丁魚 сардина ہیرنگ سے مشابہ چھوٹی سمندری مچھلی cá mòi 沙丁鱼 sardine → سردين sardinka sardin Sardine σαρδέλα sardina sardiini sardine sardina sardina サーディン 정어리 sardine sardin sardynka sardinha сардина sardin ปลาซาร์ดีน sardalya cá mòi 沙丁鱼 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| mutilated sardine cans, attesting the presence of the tourist and his At any rate the director of the Great Trading Company, coming up in a steamer that resembled an enormous sardine box with a flat-roofed shed erected on it, found the station in good order, and Makola as usual quietly diligent. "He's sometimes put into a sardine box," chuckled Toodles, whose erudition on the subject of the fishing industry was fresh and, in comparison with his ignorance of all other industrial matters, immense. |
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