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sprat
[ sprat ]
/ spræt /
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noun, plural sprats, (especially collectively) sprat for 1.
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
a small or inconsequential person or thing.
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Sprague, sprain, sprain fracture, spraint, sprang, sprat, Spratly Islands, sprattle, sprawl, sprawly, spray
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British Dictionary definitions for sprat
sprat
/ (spræt) /
noun
a small marine food fish, Clupea sprattus, of the NE Atlantic Ocean and North Sea: family Clupeidae (herrings)See also brisling
any of various small or young herrings
Word Origin for sprat
C16: variant of Old English sprott; related to Middle Low German sprott, Norwegian sprot small rod
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