top smelt

top·smelt

[top-smelt]
noun, plural top·smelts ( especially collectively ) top·smelt.
a silversides, Atherinops affinis, of waters along the Pacific coast of North America: valued as a food fish.
Also called baysmelt.


Origin:
top1 + smelt2

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