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[ ath-uh-rahyn, -er-in ]

adjective
  1. belonging or pertaining to the family Atherinidae, comprising the silversides.

noun
  1. an atherine fish.

Origin of atherine

1
1760–70; <New Latin Atherina a genus of the family <Greek atherínē smelt

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