- a member of the herring family found in the mediterranean sea - Fish served in Caesar salad - Small salty fish - Small salty fish, often pickled - Small sea fish - A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring
family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the
Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to
several allied species.
- Small fish - Small fish needs some vitamin nowadays - Small freshwater fish - Small silvery fish - Small slender fish - Tiddler - A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Phoxinus
laevis, formerly Leuciscus phoxinus); sometimes applied also to the
young of larger kinds; -- called also minim and minny. The name is also
applied to several allied American species, of the genera Phoxinus,
Notropis, or Minnilus, and Rhinichthys.
- Fish type - Small fish - Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the
genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or
more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and
construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and
prickleback.