Argentine
Argentine (?; in the 2d sense, commonly?) , adjective
1.
Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery.
Celestial Dian, goddess argentine.
2.
Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.
Argentine , noun
[Compare French argentin, from Latin argentum silver.]
1.
(Mineralogy) A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
2.
White metal coated with silver. — Simmonds
3.
(Zoology) A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina.
4.
A citizen of the Argentine Republic; an Argentinian.
5.
Argentina; in this sense, usually preceded by the.