anchois

Definitions of anchois
  1. noun
    tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces
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    type of:
    poisson
    the flesh of fish used as food
  2. noun
    small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide
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    type of:
    malacoptérygien
    any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
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