meaning of anchovy
1. A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.
2. A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit.
3. small herring-like plankton-feeding fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide
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