Sprat
noun, plural sprats (especially collectively) sprat for 1.
1.
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
2.
a small or inconsequential person or thing.
noun
1.
a small marine food fish, Clupea sprattus, of the NE Atlantic Ocean and North Sea: family Clupeidae (herrings) See also brisling
2.
any of various small or young herrings
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