porgy

UK: /ˈpɔːɡɪ/ US: /ˈpɔrgi/ ,(pôr′gē)

Inflections of 'porgy' (n):

porgy

npl (Especially as a collective plural—e.g. "Porgy are found in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.")

porgies

npl (Mainly used to talk about different types—e.g. "Porgies belong to the Sparidae family.")

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

por•gy /ˈpɔrgi/   n. [countable] , pl. (esp. when thought of as a group) -gy, (esp. for kinds or species) -gies. 

1. Fish a fish eaten for food, having a deep body and large scales.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

por•gy  (pôr′gē), n., pl. (esp. collectively) -gy,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -gies. 

1. Fish a sparid food fish, Pagrus pagrus, found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
2. Fish any of several other sparid fishes, as the scup.

• Greek págros, variant of phágros) + -y²
• Latin pag(a)rus kind of fish
• Spanish or Portuguese
• porg(o), variant of pargo (1715–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

porgy / ˈpɔːɡɪ/ noun ( -gy, -gies)

1. Also called: pogy any of various sparid fishes, many of which occur in American Atlantic waters
   See also scup

Etymology: 18th Century: from Spanish pargo, from Latin phager type of fish, from Greek phagros sea bream