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What does sprat mean?
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NounPlural: sprats |
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| sprat - small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines | ||
| brisling | ||
| herring commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific | ||
| sprat - small herring processed like a sardine | ||
| brisling, Clupea sprattus | ||
| sardine any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned | ||
| clupea, genus clupea type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sprat (n.)
A small European herring (Clupea sprattus) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; -- called also garvie. The name is also applied to small herring of different kinds. - sprat (n.)
A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); -- called also alfione, and perch.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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sprat
Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish of the genus Sprattus in the family Clupeidae.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sprat
sprat, n. a fish of the family Clupeidæ, like the herring, but much smaller.—n. Sprat′-weath′er, the dark days of November and December. [Dut. sprot; Ger. sprotte.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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sprat
Throw a sprat to catch a whale.
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