silversides

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun silversides has 2 senses

silversides(n = noun.animal) silverside - small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States; Array

is a kind of acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish

is a member of atherinidae, family atherinidae

has particulars: atherinopsis californiensis, jacksmelt

silversides(n = noun.animal) common shiner, notropis cornutus - the common North American shiner; Array

is a kind of shiner

is a member of genus notropis, notropis

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CIDE DICTIONARY

silversides, 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. [1913 Webster]

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

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