sprat : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sprat	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sprat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprat n small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines Synonym(s): sprat, brisling small herring processed like a sardine Synonym(s): brisling, sprat, Clupea sprattus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sprat \Sprat\, n. [OE. sprot, sprotte, D. sprot; akin to G. sprotte.] (Zo[94]l.) (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} (Zo[94]l.), the red-throated diver; -- so called from its fondness for sprats. See {Diver}. {Sprat loon}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The young of the great northern diver. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The red-throated diver. See {Diver}. {Sprat mew} (Zo[94]l.), the kittiwake gull.