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Definition of Sprat
1. Noun. Small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines.
2. Noun. Small herring processed like a sardine.
Group relationships: Clupea, Genus Clupea
Generic synonyms: Sardine
Terms within: Brisling
Definition of Sprat
1. 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.
Definition of Sprat
1. Noun. Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the family ''Clupeidae''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sprat
1. a small herring [n -S]
Medical Definition of Sprat
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