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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
silversides
    n 1: small fishes having a silver stripe along each side;
         abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States
         [syn: silversides, silverside]
    2: the common North American shiner [syn: common shiner,
       silversides, Notropis cornutus]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Silversides \Sil"ver*sides`\, n. (Zool.)
   Any one of several species of small fishes of the family
   Atherinidae, 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 (Zool.), a small fresh-water North
      American fish (Labadesthes sicculus) related to the
      marine silversides.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Atherine \Ath"er*ine\, n. [NL. atherina, fr. Gr. ? a kind of
   smelt.] (Zool.)
   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.
   [1913 Webster]

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