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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sil·ver·sides n. Zool. Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker.
 Brook silversides Zool., a small fresh-water North American fish (Labadesthes sicculus) related to the marine silversides.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 silversides
      n 1: small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; found
           along the Atlantic coast of the United States [syn: silverside]
      2: the common North American shiner [syn: common shiner, Notropis
          cornutus]