[por.gy] n, pl porgies also porgy [alter. of pargo, fr. Sp & Pg, fr. L phager, fr. Gk phagros] (1671) 1: a blue-spotted crimson food fish (Pagrus pagrus of the family Sparidae) of the eastern and western Atlantic; also: any of various fishes of the same family
2. [alter. of pogy]: any of various bony fishes (as a menhaden) of families other than that of the porgy