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Definition of Silversides
1. Noun. Small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States.
Generic synonyms: Acanthopterygian, Spiny-finned Fish
Group relationships: Atherinidae, Family Atherinidae
Specialized synonyms: Atherinopsis Californiensis, Jacksmelt
2. Noun. The common North American shiner.
Generic synonyms: Shiner
Group relationships: Genus Notropis, Notropis
Definition of Silversides
1. 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.
Definition of Silversides
1. Noun. (plural of silverside) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Silversides
1. silverside [n] - See also: silverside
Medical Definition of Silversides
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Silversides
Literary usage of Silversides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... THE silversides are interesting carnivorous fishes, mostly of small size,
living in great schools near the shore in temperate and tropical seas; ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"LAKE silversides. See SILVER- SIDES. LAKE STATE. The, a popular name given to
Michigan. Its- shores are watered by lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron and Erie. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"LAKE silversides. See SILVER- SIDES. LAKE STATE, The, a popular name given to
Michigan. Its- shores are watered by lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron and Erie. ..."
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