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• noun (Context 1)
A small, silvery marine fish of the silverside family, native to the coastal waters of southern California and Baja California, renowned for its unique reproductive behavior of coming entirely out of the water to spawn on sandy beaches during high nocturnal tides.
Usage Example
"During the summer run, locals gathered on the beach at midnight with flashlights to catch the silverside by hand as they washed ashore."
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silverside
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Wordmom. (2026). Synonyms for Grunion. In Wordmom Thesaurus. Retrieved Nov 6, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/synonyms/grunion