silversides : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: silversides	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for silversides
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
silversides n small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States Synonym(s): silversides, silverside the common North American shiner Synonym(s): common shiner, silversides, Notropis cornutus
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Atherine \Ath"er*ine\, n. [NL. atherina, fr. Gr. [?] a kind of smelt.] (Zo[94]l.) A small marine fish of the family {Atherinid[91]}, 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}.