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Anchovy

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Noun

1. anchovy

tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces

2. anchovy

small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Anchovy

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noun plural -vies or -vy
any of various small marine food fishes of the genus Engraulis and related genera, esp E. encrasicolus of S Europe: family Clupeidae (herrings). They have a salty taste and are often tinned or made into a paste or essence

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Anchovy

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nounWord forms: plural ˈanˌchovies or
any of a family (Engraulidae) of very small fishes (order Clupeiformes) with large mouths, found mostly in warm seas: anchovies, esp. the European species (Engraulis encrasicholus), are used as a relish, either canned in oil or made into a salty paste

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Anchovy

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n. pl. anchovy or an·cho·vies
Any of various small silvery marine fishes of the family Engraulidae, especially Engraulis encrasicolus of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, often cured and preserved in oil.

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