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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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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