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Definition of Sprats

Sprat
Sprat Sprat, n. [OE. sprot, sprotte, D. sprot; akin to G. sprotte.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) 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. (b) A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); -- called also alfione, and perch. Sprat borer (Zo["o]l.), the red-throated diver; -- so called from its fondness for sprats. See Diver. Sprat loon. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The young of the great northern diver. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The red-throated diver. See Diver. Sprat mew (Zo["o]l.), the kittiwake gull.

Meaning of Sprats from wikipedia

- of sprats in million tonnes 1950–2010 The total capture of sprats in 2010 reported by the FAO was 667,000 tonnes. In Northern Europe, European sprats are...
- by their common name, sprats. There are five species in the genus. Sprattus antipodum (Hector, 1872) (New Zealand blueback sprat) Sprattus fuegensis (Jenyns...
- Spratly Islands The Spratly Islands (Filipino: Kapuluan ng Kalayaan; Mandarin Chinese: 南沙群島/南沙群岛; pinyin: Nánshā Qúndǎo; Malay: Ke****uan Spratly; Vietnamese:...
- "Jack Sprat" (or "Jack Spratt") is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19479. The most common modern version of...
- species of Sprat compared to the other members of the family. In total, there are five different types of True Sprats. What makes Australian Sprats different...
- 2010, SPRATS expect to have cleared sea spurge from 90% of the s**** between Strahan and ****le Cr****, 25% of Tasmania's coast. Another SPRATS group is...
- mink and juveniles are used for fish bait. Young sprats are commonly known as brisling. Canned sprats (usually smoked) are available in many north European...
- Thomas Sprat, FRS (1635 – 20 May 1713) was an English churchman and writer, Bishop of Rochester from 1684. Sprat was born at Beaminster, Dorset, and educated...
- The Spratly Islands dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute among Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam concerning "ownership"...
- Spratly Island, (Vietnamese: Đảo Trường Sa or Đảo Trường Sa Lớn, lit. 'the Big Spratly (Trường Sa) Island'; simplified Chinese: 南威岛; traditional Chinese:...