SILVERSIDES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silversides mean? 

• SILVERSIDES (noun)
  The noun SILVERSIDES has 2 senses:

1. small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States

2. the common North American shiner

  Familiarity information: SILVERSIDES used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILVERSIDES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

silverside; silversides

Hypernyms ("silversides" is a kind of...):

acanthopterygian; spiny-finned fish (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "silversides"):

Atherinopsis californiensis; jacksmelt (a relatively large silversides of the Pacific coast of North America (known to reach 18 inches in length))

Holonyms ("silversides" is a member of...):

Atherinidae; family Atherinidae (small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The common North American shiner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

common shiner; Notropis cornutus; silversides

Hypernyms ("silversides" is a kind of...):

shiner (any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis)

Holonyms ("silversides" is a member of...):

genus Notropis; Notropis (shiners)