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
silversides (plural silversides)
A silverside (fish in order Atheriniformes).
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
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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