argentine

argentine
argentine1
/ahr"jeuhn tin, -tuyn'/, adj.
1. pertaining to or resembling silver.
n.
2. a silvery substance, esp. one obtained from fish scales, used in making imitation pearls.
[1400-50; late ME ( < AF) < L argentinus silvery. See ARGENT, -INE1]
argentine2
/ahr"jeuhn tin, -tuyn'/, n.
any of various silvery marine fishes, esp. those of the genus Argentina.
[1530-40; < NL Argentina genus name, L, fem. of argentinus silvery. See ARGENTINE1]

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▪ fish
      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 Osmeriformes. 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.

      The true smelts (family Osmeridae) were formerly considered part of the Argentinidae.

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