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    BRISLING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small herring processed like a sardineplay

    Synonyms:

    brisling; Clupea sprattus; sprat

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("brisling" is a kind of...):

    sardine (any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned)

    Meronyms (parts of "brisling"):

    brisling; sprat (small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines)

    Holonyms ("brisling" is a member of...):

    Clupea; genus Clupea (type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardinesplay

    Synonyms:

    brisling; sprat

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    Hypernyms ("brisling" is a kind of...):

    herring (valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled)

    Holonyms ("brisling" is a part of...):

    brisling; Clupea sprattus; sprat (small herring processed like a sardine)

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