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Atherinidae

noun

small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water

• Syn: ↑family Atherinidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Mugiloidea, ↑suborder Mugiloidea

• Member Meronyms: ↑silversides, ↑silverside, ↑Atherinopsis, ↑genus Atherinopsis

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈrinəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Atherina, type genus + -idae

: a family of small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water, all having a silvery band along the sides sometimes underlaid by black pigment — see silversides

Useful english dictionary. 2012.