Definition of Sprat

1. Noun. Small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines.

Exact synonyms: Brisling
Group relationships: Brisling, Clupea Sprattus
Generic synonyms: Herring

2. Noun. Small herring processed like a sardine.
Exact synonyms: Brisling, Clupea Sprattus
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

1. 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. A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); called also alfione, and perch. Sprat borer, the kittiwake gull. Origin: OE. Sprot, sprotte, D. Sprot; akin to G. Sprotte. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprat

sprain
sprain fracture
sprain one's ankle
sprained
spraining
sprains
sprains and strains
spraint
spraints
sprang
sprangle
sprangled
sprangles
sprangs
sprant
sprat (current term)
spratlike
spratmo
sprats
sprattle
sprattled
sprattles
sprattling
sprauncy
sprawl
sprawled
sprawler
sprawlers
sprawlier
sprawliest

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