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Webster 1913 Edition
Silversides
Sil′ver-sidesˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of small fishes of the family
Atherinidae
, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata
) is very abundant. Called also silverside
, sand smelt
, friar
, tailor
, and tinker
. Brook silversides
(Zool.)
, a small fresh-water North American fish (
Labadesthes sicculus
) related to the marine silversides.