| NOUN | food | sprat, brisling | small fatty European fish |
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| animal | sprat, brisling, Clupea sprattus | small herring processed like a sardine |
| Meaning | small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines. | |
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| Synonym | brisling | |
| Part of | brisling, sprat, Clupea sprattus | small herring processed like a sardine |
| Broader | herring | Valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific |
| Spanish | espadin, espadín, sardineta | |
| Catalan | espasí, sardineta | |
| Meaning | small herring processed like a sardine. | |
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| Synonyms | brisling, Clupea sprattus | |
| Member of | Clupea, genus Clupea | type genus of the Clupeidae |
| Parts | sprat, brisling | small fatty European fish |
| Broader | sardine | Any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned |
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