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Silversides   /sˈɪlvərsˌaɪdz/   Listen
Silversides

noun
1.
Small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States.  Synonym: silverside.
2.
The common North American shiner.  Synonyms: common shiner, Notropis cornutus.



Silverside

noun
1.
Small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States.  Synonym: silversides.






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"Silversides" Quotes from Famous Books



... is very rough. You will be given a list of the needs of the laboratory for experimental purposes, and as far as possible, you will fill those needs. Sometimes you may have to assist in the collecting trip besides, as for green sea-urchins and the like; or perhaps you may have to draw a seine for silversides and small fish. Sometimes you may be needed to haul some of the lobster pots, because we shall have two men at least doing research work on lobsters. Again, you may have to get mussels for some work that is being done ...
— The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries • Francis Rolt-Wheeler



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