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Smelting Smelting is a process of applying heat to ore, to extract a base metal. It is a form of extractive metallurgy. It is used to extract many metals from their ores, including silver, iron, copper, and other base metals. Smelting uses heat and a ...

, chemical process * The common name of various fish: **

Smelt (fish) Smelts are a family of small fish, the Osmeridae, found in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans, as well as rivers, streams and lakes in Europe, North America and Northeast Asia. They are also known as freshwater smelts or typical smelts ...

, a family of small fish, Osmeridae ** Australian smelt in the family Retropinnidae and species ''Retropinna semoni'' ** Big-scale sand smelt ''Atherina boyeri'' ** Deep-sea smelts in the family Bathylagidae ** Great Lakes smelts (North American) in the family Osmeridae and genera '' Allosmerus'' (also called whitebait smelt), ''

Hypomesus ''Hypomesus'' is a genus of smelts ( Osmeridae), consisting of five species found in the northern hemisphere. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Hypomesus japonicus'' ( Brevoort, 1856) * ''Hypomesus nippon ...

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Mallotus ''Mallotus'' may refer to: * ''Mallotus'' (fish), a fish genus in the family Osmeridae * ''Mallotus'' (plant), a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae {{genus disambiguation ...

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Spirinchus ''Spirinchus'' is a genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and ...

'' and '' Thaleichthys'' ** Herring smelt of the family Argentinidae **

Mediterranean sand smelt The Mediterranean sand smelt, ''Atherina hepsetus'', is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae. Description The body is rather long, slender and moderately flattened. The mouth is protrusible, directed upward with small teeth; the head and ...

, ''Atherina hepsetus'' **

New Zealand smelt The New Zealand smelt (''Retropinna retropinna''), also known as the New Zealand common smelt, New Zealand cucumber fish, or silveries is a smelt of the family Retropinnidae, found only in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an ...

in the family Retropinnidae and species ''Retropinna retropinna'' ** some species in

Silverside Silverside may refer to: * Silverside (beef), a cut of beef * Silverside (fish), the Atheriniformes, an order of fish * Agnes Silverside (died 1557), one of the Colchester Martyrs * USS ''Silversides'', the name of 2 U.S. Navy submarines * Silver ...

family Atherinidae ** Smelt-whitings in the family Sillaginidae ** Whitebait smelts (North American) in the family Osmeridae and genera: '' Allosmerus'', ''

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Mallotus ''Mallotus'' may refer to: * ''Mallotus'' (fish), a fish genus in the family Osmeridae * ''Mallotus'' (plant), a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae {{genus disambiguation ...

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