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ARGENTINE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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) 

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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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