noun
- A small silvery fish of the herring family, found in Atlantic coastal waters and used as food or bait.
Usage: Also spelled 'pogie'; Common in North American fisheries
Examples
- The fishermen used pogies as bait for larger fish.
- Pogies are abundant along the Atlantic coast during summer months.
- The cannery processes pogies into fish meal and oil.
- Schools of pogies migrate northward in warm weather.