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ath⋅er⋅ine

[ath-uh-rahyn, -er-in]
–adjective
1. belonging or pertaining to the family Atherinidae, comprising the silversides.
–noun
2. an atherine fish.

Origin:
1760–70; < NL Atherina a genus of the family < Gk atherínē smelt
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