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

Sprat Sentence Examples

  • The sprat, pilchard or sardine and shad are species of the same genus.

  • Sprat fishing boats Open In the 20th century, Dundee also had a fish dock.

  • Graham was ledgering a small sprat head section on a size 8 single treble.

  • The sprat cannot be confounded with the herring, as it has no teeth on the vomer and only 47 or 48 scales in the lateral line.

  • The sprat spawns in the open sea from February to May and is only occasionally captured in the ripe condition.

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