sprat
Kelime Anlamı :

1. papalina.
2. hamsi gibi küçük bir balık.
3. çaçabalığı.
4. Clupea sprattus.
5. çaçabalık.
6. i., zool. çaçabalığı.
Tanımlar :
1. A small marine food fish (Clupea sprattus) of northeast atlantic waters that is eaten fresh or smoked and is often canned in oil as a sardine. also called brisling.
2. any of various other similar fishes, such as a young herring.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the family Clupeidae.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. 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.
2. A california surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); -- called also alfione, and perch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. to fish for sprats.
2. A name of various species of rushes, as juncus articulatus, etc.
3. plural small wood.
4. A small clupeoid fish of european waters, Clupea (Harengula) sprattus.
5. A name of other fishes
6. A small coin.
7. same as thread-herring.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. small fatty european fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines
2. small herring processed like a sardine
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.