Meaning Of The Word Sprat

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What's The Definition Of Sprat?

sprat
countable noun: Sprats are very small European sea fish which can be eaten.

sprat in American English
any of a genus (Sprattus) of small, silvery herrings of temperate seas, esp. a European species (S. sprattus) often canned as food
noun: a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic

sprat in British English
noun: a small marine food fish, Clupea sprattus, of the NE Atlantic Ocean and North Sea: family Clupeidae (herrings)

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