- anchovy - tiny Mediterranean fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces
--1 is a kind of fish
--1 is a substance of anchovy paste- anchovy - small herring-like plankton-feeding fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide
--2 is a kind of soft-finned fish, malacopterygian
--2 is a member of Engraulidae, family Engraulidae
--2 has particulars: mediterranean anchovy, Engraulis encrasicholus - anchovy - small herring-like plankton-feeding fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide