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for pogy
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Pogy \Po"gy\, n. (Zool.)
The menhaden.
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Note: Pogy is often confounded with porgy, and therefore
incorrectly applied to various fishes.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
menhaden \men*ha"den\, n. (Zool.)
An American marine fish ({Brevoortia tyrannus) of the
Herring family ({Clupeidae), chiefly valuable for its oil
and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also
mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead,
whitefish, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
pogy
n 1: money received from the state [syn: dole, pogy,
pogey]
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