Search Result for "argentine": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people;
- Example: "Argentinian tango"
[syn: Argentine, Argentinian]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Argentine \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. [1913 Webster] 2. White metal coated with silver. --Simmonds. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina. [1913 Webster] 4. A citizen of the Argentine Republic; an Argentinian. [1913 Webster] 5. Argentina; in this sense, usually preceded by the. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Argentine \Ar"gen*tine\ (?; in the 2d sense, commonly ?), a. 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery. [1913 Webster] Celestial Dian, goddess argentine. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Argentine adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people; "Argentinian tango" [syn: Argentine, Argentinian] n 1: any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes