Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fish of the genus Atherina; a sand-smelt.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (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.

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  • noun A small marine fish of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along the sides.

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek ἀθερίνη (atherinē, "a kind of smelt").

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