SILVERSIDES

silversides, silverside

(noun) small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

silversides (plural silversides)

A silverside (fish in order Atheriniformes).

Noun

silversides

plural of silverside

Source: Wiktionary


Sil"ver*sides`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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. Brook silversides (Zoöl.), a small fresh-water North American fish (Labadesthes sicculus) related to the marine silversides.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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