Sprat Definition

sprăt
noun
Any of a genus (Sprattus) of small, silvery herrings of temperate seas, esp. a European species (S. sprattus) often canned as food.
Webster's New World
Any of various other fishes of the family Clupeidae, such as a young herring.
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Noun

Singular:
sprat
Plural:
sprats

Origin of Sprat

  • a variant of Old Enbglish sprott, related to German sprott and Norwegian sprot, small rod.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English sprot, spratte from Old English sprot

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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