About The Word Argentine
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Argentine
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What's The Definition Of Argentine?
[n] any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes
[adj] of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people; "Argentinian tango" Synonyms | Synonyms for Argentine: Argentinian Related Terms | Find terms related to Argentine: See Also | Argentina | genus Argentina | malacopterygian | soft-finned fish Argentine In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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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