a coarse cut of beef below the aitchbone and above the leg
2. Also called: silversides
any small marine or freshwater teleost fish of the family Atherinidae, related to the grey mullets: includes the jacksmelt
silversides in American English
(ˈsɪlvərˌsaidz)
nounWord forms: plural-sides
any of several small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side, as Menidia menidia, inhabiting the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
Also: silverside
Word origin
[1850–55, Amer.; silver + side1 + -s3]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clear-cut, ethos, heavyweight, overprint, segue-s an ending marking nouns as plural (boys; wolves), occurring also on nouns that have no singular (dregs; entrails; pants; scissors), or on nouns that have a singular with a different meaning (clothes; glasses; manners; thanks). The pluralizing value of -s is weakened or lost in a number of nouns that now often take singular agreement,as the names of games (billiards; checkers; tiddlywinks) and of diseases (measles; mumps; pox; rickets); the latter use has been extended to create informal names for a variety of involuntaryconditions, physical or mental (collywobbles; giggles; hots; willies). A parallel set of formations, where -s has no plural value, are adjectives denoting socially unacceptable or inconvenientstates (bananas; bonkers; crackers; nuts; preggers; starkers)
Examples of 'silversides' in a sentence
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Furthermore, many studies on silversides have used reference genes without previous validations.
Tony L. R. Silveira, William B. Domingues, Mariana H. Remião, Lucas Santos, BrunaBarreto, Ingrid M. Lessa, Antonio Sergio Varela Junior, Diego Martins Pires, CarineCorcini, Tiago Collares, Fabiana K. Seixas, Ricardo B. Robaldo, Vinicius F. Campos 2018, 'Evaluation of Reference Genes to Analyze Gene Expression in Silverside Odontestheshumensis Under Different Environmental Conditions', Frontiers in Geneticshttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2018.00075/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The silversides or sand smelts are found in coastal areas of temperate to tropical seas and in fresh water.
Brian W. Coad 2015, 'Review of the Silversides of Iran (Family Atherinidae)', International Journal of Aquatic Biologyhttp://ij-aquaticbiology.com/index.php/ijab/article/view/107. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)