pogy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
pogy
    n 1: money received from the state [syn: {dole}, {pogy},
         {pogey}]
    
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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