silverside : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: silverside	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for silverside
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
silverside n small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States Synonym(s): silversides, silverside
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Silversides \Sil"ver*sides`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family {Atherinid[91]}, 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[94]l.), a small fresh-water North American fish ({Labadesthes sicculus}) related to the marine silversides.