silverside

¹ American  

[sil-ver-sahyd] / ˈsɪl vərˌsaɪd /

noun

• silverside,
  plural
• silversides
  plural

1. 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 United States.

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silverside ² American  

[sil-ver-sahyd] / ˈsɪl vərˌsaɪd /

noun

1. Chiefly British. a rump roast of beef, especially one taken from the crown of the rump.

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silverside British  

/ ˈsɪlvəˌsaɪd /

noun

1. 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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• silverside
  plural
• silversides
  plural

Etymology

Origin of silverside¹

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; silver + side ¹

Origin of silverside²

First recorded in 1810–20; silver + side ¹

Example Sentences

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silverside silversides

A school of hardyhead silverside fish moves with remarkable precision, twisting and turning in unison as they attempt to evade a group of blacktip reef sharks in Athuruga, Maldives.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025

For the experiment, researchers exposed silverside embryos to the different pesticides for 96 hours, at a concentration of 1 nanogram of pesticide per liter of water.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024

In one of the few instances where other divers intrude, they have the effect of a detonation: A school of silverside fish, thousands strong, flees as one past a videographer’s camera.

From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2019

Additionally, the survey turned up at least two pollution-sensitive fish species - mooneye and brook silverside - that were collected for the first time in the Kiski.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 21, 2018

"How cheerfully would I breathe half a dozen sandwiches and a silverside of beef, just to give me an appetite!"

From Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery by Verne, Jules

At the zoo, the penguins are fed fish that are readily available, sustainably caught and comparable to their wild diet, like herring and silversides, Pardo said.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

The striped bass and largemouth bass are invaders, as are Mississippi silversides, which feed on smelt eggs and young – though scientists have contested that these predators are responsible for smelt declines.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 22, 2019

The swirling buffet of its prey includes cardinalfish and silversides.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2013

He split a school of tank-spawned Atlantic silversides into three tanks.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis