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whitebait definition

white·bait (hwīt′bāt′, wīt′-)

noun pl. whitebait -·bait′

  1. any of the fry of various silvery fishes used as food, as herring fry
  2. ☆ a smelt fish (Allosmerus elongatus) of the Pacific
  3. silverside

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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