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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[NL.

atherina

, fr. Gr. [GREEK] a kind of smelt.]

(Zool.)

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

atherine ‎(plural atherines)

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