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Definition of Sprat

Sprat
Sprat Sprat, n. [OE. sprot, sprotte, D. sprot; akin to G. sprotte.] (Zo["o]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["o]l.), the red-throated diver; -- so called from its fondness for sprats. See Diver. Sprat loon. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The young of the great northern diver. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The red-throated diver. See Diver. Sprat mew (Zo["o]l.), the kittiwake gull.

Meaning of Sprat from wikipedia

- Sprat is the common name applied to a group of forage fish belonging to the genus Sprattus in the family Clupeidae. The term also is applied to a number...
- "Jack Sprat" (or "Jack Spratt") is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19479. The most common modern version of...
- Spratly Islands The Spratly Islands (Filipino: Kapuluan ng Kalayaan; Mandarin Chinese: 南沙群島/南沙群岛; pinyin: Nánshā Qúndǎo; Malay: Ke****uan Spratly; Vietnamese:...
- The Spratly Islands dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute between Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam concerning "ownership"...
- The European sprat (Sprattus sprattus), also known as bristling, brisling, garvie, garvock, Russian sardine, russlet, skipper or whitebait, is a species...
- (Fueguian sprat) Sprattus muelleri (Klunzinger, 1879) (New Zealand sprat) Sprattus novaehollandiae (Valenciennes, 1847) (Australian sprat) Sprattus sprattus...
- The sandy sprat, Hyperlophus vittatus, also known as the gl****ies, gl****y, white pilchard, or whitebait, is a type of sprat fish. Fish.gov entry Archived...
- The Australian sprat (Sprattus novaehollandiae) is a sprat fish whose habitat ranges in the waters surrounding Australia including Tasmania. It is a pelagic...
- The gl****y sprat (Hyperlophus translucidus) is a type of sprat fish. The fish, when alive, is translucent, so it gets the second word in its scientific...
- Thomas Sprat, FRS (1635 – 20 May 1713) was an English churchman and writer, Bishop of Rochester from 1684. Sprat was born at Beaminster, Dorset, and educated...