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1. the common North American shiner

2. small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States

1. : any of various small fishes of the family Atherinidae that have a silvery stripe along each side of the body and are related to the gray mullets; especially : a fish (Menidia notata) that is very abundant on the American Atlantic coast

2. : any of various freshwater minnows of Notropis and related genera

3. : silver salmon

/sil"veuhr suydz'/, n., pl. silversides.

any of several small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side, as Menidia menidia, inhabiting the Atlantic coast of the U.S.

Also, silverside.

[1850-55, Amer.; SILVER + SIDE¹ + -S³]

silˈversides singular noun

Any small fish of the family Atherinidae, eg Atherina presbyter, the sand smelt

Main Entry: ↑silver