sardine

(noun) small fatty fish usually canned. Synonyms: pilchard.

(noun) any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned.

(noun) a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony. Synonyms: sard, sardius.

(noun) small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring. Synonyms: pilchard, Sardina pilchardus.