1. (

• sardine ,
• pilchard

) small fatty fish usually canned ;

2. (

• sardine ,

) any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned ;

3. (

• sard ,
• sardine ,
• sardius

) a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony ;

4. (

• pilchard ,
• sardine ,
• Sardina_pilchardus

) small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring ;