Pilchard in a sentence as a noun

They're both swimming in the same ocean eating the same pilchards.

Some countries call the younger fish "sardines" and older ones of the same species "pilchards", both have been sold for food for a long time.

Pilchard definitions

noun

small fatty fish usually canned

See also: sardine

noun

small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring

See also: sardine