sprat
IPA: sprˈæt
noun
- Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae.
- Any of various similar fish of other genera.
- (by extension) Anything petty or insignificant.
- (UK, slang, obsolete) A sixpence.
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Examples of "sprat" in Sentences
- I'll take a look at the SPRAT site.
- Hyperlophus is a genus of sprat fish.
- Sprat, flounder and perch are also popular.
- Young sprats are commonly known as brisling.
- Jack Sprat can reasonably be quoted in full.
- They mainly eat sprat, juvenile red cod and also squid.
- It and the Lake Tanganyika sprat are known collectively at kapenta.
- SPRAT moves by rolling but can only do so along level ground or down slopes.
- The Sprat and Winkle Line was built along and on the bed of the Andover Canal.
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