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41anchoveta — /æntʃəˈvɛtə/ (say anchuh vetuh) noun a type of anchovy found in Pacific waters off South America, with populations that expand during La Niña but contract during El Niño when the waters cool and the amount of phytoplankton on which they depend… …
42anchovy — /ˈæntʃəvi / (say anchuhvee), /ænˈtʃoʊvi / (say an chohvee) noun (plural anchovies or anchovy) 1. a small, herring like, marine fish, Engraulis australis, occurring in bays and estuaries of the Australian coastline south of the Tropic of Capricorn …
43anjova — (Cf. anchova). f. Can. Pejerrey fresco o en salazón …
44anchovy — ► NOUN (pl. anchovies) ▪ a small fish of the herring family, with a strong flavour. ORIGIN Spanish and Portuguese anchova …
45anchovy — [16] English acquired anchovy from Spanish anchova (the word first turns up as an item on Falstaff’s bill at the Boar’s Head: ‘Anchovies and sack after supper … 2s 6d’, 1 Henry IV 1596), but before that its history is disputed. One school of… …
46anchovy — [an′chō΄vē, an′chəvē; an΄chō′vē] n. pl. anchovies or anchovy [Port anchova < VL * api̯ua < L aphya < Gr aphyē, small fry] any of a family (Engraulidae) of very small fishes (order Clupeiformes) with large mouths, found mostly in warm… …
47anchoveta — n. a small Pacific anchovy caught for use as bait or to make fish meal. Etymology: Sp., dimin. of anchova: cf. ANCHOVY * * * /an choh vet euh, cheuh /, n. an anchovy, Cetengraulis mysticetus, found along the Pacific coast from British Columbia to …
48an|cho|ve|ta — an|cho|vet|ta or an|cho|ve|ta «AN chuh VEHT uh», noun. a small anchovy of the Pacific coast of America, from southern California to Peru, commonly used as bait. ╂[< Spanish anchoveta (diminutive) < anchova anchovy] …
49an|cho|vet|ta — or an|cho|ve|ta «AN chuh VEHT uh», noun. a small anchovy of the Pacific coast of America, from southern California to Peru, commonly used as bait. ╂[< Spanish anchoveta (diminutive) < anchova anchovy] …
50an|cho|vy — «AN choh vee, chuh ; an CHOH », noun, plural vies. a very small fish that looks somewhat like a herring, especially one abundant in the Mediterranean. Anchovies are preserved by salting or drying and may be packed in oil, made into paste, or used …
