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whitebait
[ hwahyt-beyt, wahyt- ]
/ ˈʰwaɪtˌbeɪt, ˈwaɪt- /
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noun, plural white·bait.
a young sprat or herring.
Cooking. any small, delicate fish cooked whole without being cleaned, especially the sprat.
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whitebait
/ (ˈwaɪtˌbeɪt) /
noun
the young of herrings, sprats, etc, cooked and eaten whole as a delicacy
any of various small silvery fishes, such as Galaxias attenuatus of Australia and New Zealand and Allosmerus elongatus of North American coastal regions of the Pacific
Word Origin for whitebait
C18: from its formerly having been used as bait
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