- Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or
sounding like, silver; silvery. - Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South
America. - A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime,
having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar
structure. - White metal coated with silver. - A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery
scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus
Argentina. - A citizen of the Argentine Republic.