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English

Pronunciation


Noun

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


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See also

Category:Fish

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Bosnian

Noun

sprat (: spratovi)

  1. story/storey (level)

Category:Bosnian nouns

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Serbian

Noun

sprat (: spratovi)

  1. story/storey (level)

Cyrillic spelling

Category:Serbian nouns

io:sprat ru:sprat fi:sprat vi:sprat

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sprat \Sprat\ (spr[a^]t), n. [OE. sprot, sprotte, D. sprot; akin
to G. sprotte.] (Zool.)
(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.
[1913 Webster]

Sprat borer (Zool.), the red-throated diver; -- so called
from its fondness for sprats. See Diver.

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

Sprat mew (Zool.), the kittiwake gull.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet sprat
n 1: small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like
sardines [syn: brisling]
2: small herring processed like a sardine [syn: brisling, {Clupea
sprattus}]
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