sprat > define
noun
- Small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines.
- synonyms: brisling
- Small herring processed like a sardine.
- synonyms: brisling, Clupea sprattus
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); -- called also alfione, and perch.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary