1) Anchovy 2) Anchovy or sand eel 3) Atlantic herring 4) Avoider of fat 5) Baltic Sea swimmer 6) Big name in fat avoidance 7) Big name in lean dieting 8) Brisling 9) Certain choosy eater 10) Dieter Jack 11) Dieter of nursery rhymes 12) Dieter of rhyme 13) Dieter of rhyme Jack 14) Different parts of a fish
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1) Brisling
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A sprat is the common name applied to a group of forage fish belonging to the genus Sprattus in the family Clupeidae. The term is also applied to a number of other small sprat-like forage fish. Like most forage fishes, sprats are highly active small oily fish. They travel in large schools with other fish and swim continuously throughout the day. T...
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• (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. • (n.) A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); -- called also alfione, and perch.
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<zoology> 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. ... <zoology> Sprat borer, the kittiwake gull. ... Origin: OE. Spr...
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Waters:Coastal saltWaters worldwide Description (in water): 'Sardine' is a general name for the tiny, silvery marine fish that swim in large schools near the surface of the water. The name is often used interchangeably with sprat, pilchard, and herring. Sardines harvested in U.S. coastal Waters are actually young herring, while so-called 'true' sardines hail from European Waters. Description (in market): These soft-boned fish have dark, soft flesh that's high in fat and richly flavorful. ...
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Sprat noun [ Middle English
sprot ,
sprotte , Dutch
sprot ; akin to German
sprotte .]
(Zoology) (a) A small European herring (
Clupea sprattus ) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; -- called also
garvie . The name is also app...
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Sprattus sprattus (L.), except when canned
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The sprat (Clupea sprattus) is an edible fish of the herring family found around the coast of Britain. They are about ten centimetres long and similar to the herring, but are distinguished by having seven rays in the pelvic fin in place of the herring's nine, the edge of the belly being narrow instead of blunt, and bearing strong sharp spines.
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Sprat was old slang for a sixpence.
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[
n] - small fatty European fish
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brisling noun small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines
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