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/ˈpɪl.tʃəd/ · noun
Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae..
1839, John Hookham Frere (translator), The Birds, lines 76–77, in Acharnians and two other plays He longs occasionally for human diet, His old Athenian fare: pilchards, for instance.
Use pilchard when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pilchard means Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae..
Common synonyms include sardine, sardina pilchardus.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1839, John Hookham Frere (translator), The Birds, lines 76–77, in Acharnians and two other plays He longs occasionally for human diet, His old Athenian fare: pilchards, for instance.
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