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Webster 1913 Edition

Sprat

Sprat

(sprăt)
,
Noun.
[OE.
sprot
,
sprotte
, D.
sprot
; akin to G.
sprotte
.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A small European herring (
Clupea sprattus
) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; – called also
garvie
. The name is also applied to small herring of different kinds.
(b)
A California surf-fish (
Rhacochilus toxotes
); – called also
alfione
, and
perch
.
Sprat borer
(Zool.)
,
the red-throated diver; – so called from its fondness for sprats. See
Diver
.
–
Sprat loon
.
(Zool.)
(a)
The young of the great northern diver
.
[Prov. Eng.]
(b)
The red-throated diver. See
Diver
.
–
Sprat mew
(Zool.)
,
the kittiwake gull.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sprat

SPRAT

,
Noun.
A small fish of the species Clupea.

Definition 2024

sprat

sprat

English

Noun

sprat ‎(plural sprat or sprats)

  1. Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae.

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sprât/

Noun

sprȁt m ‎(Cyrillic spelling спра̏т)

  1. floor, story/storey (level)

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Quotations

  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:спрат.

Etymology

From Middle English sprotte, from Old English sprott, cognate with German Sprott and Norwegian sprot ‎(“small rod”); probably related to sprout.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɹæt/
  • Rhymes: -æt

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