Silversides

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  • n. Plural form of silverside.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidæ, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A silverfish, sandsmelt, or atherine; any percesocine fish of the family Atherinidæ, having a silvery stripe along the sides.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States
  • n. the common North American shiner
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    shiner   
    Cross Reference
    lake-silversides   
    Variant
    silverside    sand smelt    friar    tailor    tinker   
     
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