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Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery.

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  1. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.
  3. n. A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
  4. n. White metal coated with silver.
  5. n. A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina.
  6. n. A citizen of the Argentine Republic.
  7. adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people
  8. n. any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes
  9. 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. 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. (Zoöl.) 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.
  10. A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having asilvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellarstructure.
  11. j:83/n:17 n. any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes a. of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people