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ar⋅gen⋅tine

1  [ahr-juhn-tin, -tahyn]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to or resembling silver.
–noun
2. a silvery substance, esp. one obtained from fish scales, used in making imitation pearls.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME (< AF) < L argentīnus silvery. See argent, -ine 1

ar⋅gen⋅tine

2  [ahr-juhn-tin, -tahyn]
–noun
any of various silvery marine fishes, esp. those of the genus Argentina.
Origin:
1530–40; < NL Argentina genus name, L, fem. of argentīnus silvery. See argentine 1

Ar⋅gen⋅tine

  [ahr-juhn-teen, -tahyn]
–noun
1. a native or inhabitant of Argentina.
2. Argentina (usually prec. by the): They vacationed in the Argentine.
–adjective
3. of or pertaining to Argentina.
Also, Ar⋅gen⋅tin⋅e⋅an  [ahr-juhn-tin-ee-uhn] (for defs. 1, 3).

Ar⋅gen⋅ti⋅na

  [ahr-juhn-tee-nuh; Sp. ahr-hen-tee-nah]
–noun
a republic in S South America. 35,797,536; 1,084,120 sq. mi. (2,807,870 sq. km). Capital: Buenos Aires.
Also called the Argentine.
Official name, Argentine Republic.
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Ar·gen·ti·na   (är'jən-tē'nə)   


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A country of southeast South America stretching about 3,701 km (2,300 mi) from its border with Bolivia to southern Tierra del Fuego, an island it shares with Chile. Europeans first explored the region in the early 1500s, and in 1776 Spain established a viceroyalty that included present-day Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia. Argentina achieved its independence from Spain in 1816. Buenos Aires is the capital and the largest city. Population: 40,300,000.
Ar'gen·tine' (-tēn', -tīn'), Ar'gen·tin'e·an (-tĭn'ē-ən) adj. & n.
ar·gen·tine   (är'jən-tīn', -tēn')   
adj.  Relating to or resembling silver; silvery.
n.  
  1. Silver.
  2. Any of various silvery metals.

[Middle English, from Old French argentin, from Latin argentīnus, from argentum, silver; see arg- in Indo-European roots.]
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Argentine

Ar"gen*tine\ (?; in the 2d sense, commonly ?), a. 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery.

Celestial Dian, goddess argentine. --Shak.

2. Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.

Argentine

Ar"gen*tine\, n. [Cf. F. argentin, fr. L. argentum silver.]

1. (Min.) A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.

2. White metal coated with silver. --Simmonds.

3. (Zo["o]l.) A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina.

4. A citizen of the Argentine Republic.
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argentine

any fish of the family Argentinidae, small, outwardly smeltlike fishes found in deeper waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The family is usually placed in the order Salmoniformes. Argentines of the species Argentina silus are silvery fishes about 45 cm (18 inches) long; they live about 145-545 m (480-1,800 feet) below the surface and are sometimes caught by fishermen.

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