sardine

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun small fatty fish usually canned
  2. noun any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
  3. noun a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony

Etymology

Borrowed from French sardine (cognate with Spanish sardina, Italian sardina), Latin sardīna; from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē).

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