pilchards in English

noun
1
a small, edible, commercially valuable marine fish of the herring family.
Oily fish such as herring, kippers, mackerel, pilchards , salmon, sardines and trout, contain oils that can lessen the risk of thrombosis.

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1. Other pilchards were kept for home consumption.

2. He had bought three large tins of pilchards.

3. The most common sardines are pilchards, silds, or Brislings

4. Local fishermen remember times when shoals of pilchards stretched for miles.

5. FROM ISSUE #164 Sardines come in dozens of varieties—from tiny smoked Brislings to rich, fleshy pilchards