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| sprat [ sprat ] (plural sprats) |
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1. (plural sprats or sprat) small edible fish: a small fish of the herring family. Native to: northeastern Atlantic Ocean, North Sea. Latin name Clupea sprattus.
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2. small herring: a small or young herring or similar fish such as an anchovy
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3. sprat as food: the flesh of a sprat as food
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4. somebody young or unimportant: a young, small, or unimportant person
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| [ Old English sprot< W Germanic] |
