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SPRAT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small herring processed like a sardine

Synonyms:

brisling; Clupea sprattus; sprat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "sprat"):

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

Holonyms ("sprat" 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 sardines

Synonyms:

brisling; sprat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

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

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

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

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