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ARGENTINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("argentine" is a kind of...):
malacopterygian; soft-finned fish (any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii)
Holonyms ("argentine" is a member of...):
Argentina; genus Argentina (type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people
Example:
Argentinian tango
Synonyms:
Argentine; Argentinian
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Argentina (a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America)
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