The DICT Development Group
2 definitions found
for silverside
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Silversides \Sil"ver*sides`\, n. (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.
[1913 Webster]
Brook silversides (Zool.), a small fresh-water North
American fish ({Labadesthes sicculus) related to the
marine silversides.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
silverside
n 1: small fishes having a silver stripe along each side;
abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States
[syn: silversides, silverside]
Contact=webmaster@dict.org Specification=RFC 2229