anchovy
Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in sixteen genera, those of the genus Engraulis being widely sold as food.
Related words
- anchovied
- anchovette
- anchovy paste
- anchovylike
- anchovy pear
- anchovy toast
- anchovy salad
- Californian anchovy
- European anchovy
- Mediterranean anchovy
- northern anchovy
- Gray's grenadier anchovy
Word history
From Basque "antxu".
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