anchovy

Noun
  • 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 food
    substance 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 Malacopterygii
    hyponym: engraulis encrasicholus, mediterranean anchovy - esteemed for its flavor; usually preserved or used for sauces and relishes
    member meronym: engraulidae, family engraulidae - anchovies

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