Noun sardine has 4 senses
- sardine, pilchard - small fatty fish usually canned
--1 is a kind of saltwater fish
- sardine - any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
--2 is a kind of clupeid fish, clupeid; food fish
--2 has particulars: sild; brisling, sprat, Clupea sprattus
- sard, sardine, sardius - a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony
--3 is a kind of chalcedony, calcedony
- pilchard, sardine, Sardina pilchardus - small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
--4 is a kind of clupeid fish, clupeid
--4 is a member of Sardina, genus Sardina, genus Sardinia
--4 has particulars: Pacific sardine, Sardinops caerulea
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