Atherine
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Atherine
(Zoöl) 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) is called silversides and sand smelt. See Silversides.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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A fish of the genus Atherina; a sand-smelt.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
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Atherine
ath′er-īn a genus of small fishes, allied to the Gray Mullet family, abundant in the Mediterranean—one species (Atherina presbyter), found on the south coast of England, is often sold as a smelt.
Etymology
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary NL. atherina, fr. Gr. a kind of smelt
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Gr.
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