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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Silversides \Sil"ver*sides`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of small fishes of the family
{Atherinid[ae]}, 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} (Zo["o]l.), a small fresh-water North
American fish ({Labadesthes sicculus}) related to the
marine silversides.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Atherine \Ath"er*ine\, n. [NL. atherina, fr Gr ? a kind of
smelt.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small marine fish of the family {Atherinid[ae]}, having a
silvery stripe along the sides. The European species
({Atherina presbyter}) is used as food. The American species
({Menidia notata}) is called {silversides} and {sand smelt}.
See {Silversides}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
silversides
n 1: small fishes having a silver stripe along each side found
along the Atlantic coast of the United States [syn: {silverside}]
2: the common North American shiner [syn: {common shiner}, {Notropis
cornutus}]
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