Meaning of ARGENTINE
| Pronunciation: | | 'ârjun`teen, 'ârjuntin
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | Argentinian |
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| | See Also: | | Argentina, genus Argentina, malacopterygian, soft-finned fish | |
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\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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