ARGENTINES

Noun

Argentines

plural of Argentine

Anagrams

• Tangerines, antigreens, earnesting, gannetries, tangerines

Noun

argentines

plural of argentine

Anagrams

• Tangerines, antigreens, earnesting, gannetries, tangerines

Source: Wiktionary


ARGENTINE

Ar"gen*tine (; in the 2d sense, commonly ), a.

1. Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery. Celestial Dian, goddess argentine. Shak.

2. Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.

Ar"gen*tine, n. Etym: [Cf. F. argentin, fr. L. argentum silver.]

1. (Min.)

Definition: A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.

2. White metal coated with silver. Simmonds.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina.

4. A citizen of the Argentine Republic.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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