anchovy
Noun
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Tiny fishes usually canned or salted;
Used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces (synset 107799643)hypernym: fish - the flesh of fish used as foodsubstance meronym: anchovy paste - paste made primarily of anchovies; used in sauces and spreads -
Small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste;
Abundant in tropical waters worldwide (synset 102536465)hypernym: malacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygiihyponym: engraulis encrasicholus, mediterranean anchovy - esteemed for its flavor; usually preserved or used for sauces and relishesmember meronym: engraulidae, family engraulidae - anchovies
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