SPRAT

brisling, sprat, Clupea sprattus

(noun) small herring processed like a sardine

sprat, brisling

(noun) small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

sprat (plural sprat or sprats)

Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae.

Anagrams

• S trap, TRAPS, parts, prats, rapts, strap, tarps, traps

Source: Wiktionary

Sprat, n. Etym: [OE. sprot, sprotte, D. sprot; akin to G. sprotte.] (Zoöl.) (a) 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. (b) A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); -- called also alfione, and perch. Sprat borer (Zoöl.), the red-throated diver; -- so called from its fondness for sprats. See Diver.

– Sprat loon. (Zoöl.) (a) The young of the great northern diver. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The red-throated diver. See Diver.

– Sprat mew (Zoöl.), the kittiwake gull.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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