• (n.) A small marine fish of the family Atherinidae, 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.
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Ath'er·ine noun [ New Latin
atherina , from Greek ... a kind of smelt.]
(Zoology) A small marine fish of the family
Atherinidæ , having a silvery stripe along the sides. The European species (
Atherina presbyter ) is used as food. The American species (
Menidia notata...
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belonging or pertaining to the family Atherinidae, comprising the silversides.
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