Hypertext Webster Gateway: "silverside"

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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

silverside
n : small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; found
along the Atlantic coast of the United States [syn: {silversides}]


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