belonging or pertaining to the family Atherinidae, comprising the silversides
noun
2.
an atherine fish
Word origin
[1760–70; ‹ NL Atherina a genus of the family ‹ Gk atherínē smelt]This word is first recorded in the period 1760–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boutique, broadcast, icing, lockup, toggle