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  • 1sprat — [ sprat ] n. m. • 1772; sprot 1723; mot angl. ♦ Petit poisson marin (clupéiformes), voisin du hareng, appelé aussi anchois de Norvège.⇒ harenguet. Sprat fumé. ● sprat nom masculin (anglais sprat) Poisson (clupéidé) des mers nordiques, voisin du… …

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  • 2Sprat — (spr[a^]t), 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… …

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  • 3Sprat borer — Sprat Sprat (spr[a^]t), 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… …

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  • 4Sprat loon — Sprat Sprat (spr[a^]t), 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… …

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  • 5Sprat mew — Sprat Sprat (spr[a^]t), 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… …

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  • 6Sprat (surname) — Sprat or Spratt is a surname and may apply to the following: Sprat * Jack Sprat * Thomas Sprat Spratt * Spratts, named after James Spratt * Isaac Spratt * Jack Spratt * Jimmy Spratt * John M. Spratt ** John M. Spratt, Jr. * Pete Spratt * Philip… …

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  • 7şprat — s. m. Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  ŞPRAT s. m. peşte mic din familia clupeide, asemănător cu heringul, în Marea Nordului şi Marea Mânecii. (< engl., fr. sprat) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …

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  • 8sprat — ► NOUN 1) a small marine fish of the herring family, caught for food and fish products. 2) informal any small sea fish. ● a sprat to catch a mackerel Cf. ↑a sprat to catch a mackerel ORIGIN Old English …

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  • 9sprat — /sprat/, n., pl. sprats, (esp. collectively) sprat for 1. 1. a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic. 2. a small or inconsequential person or thing. [1590 1600; var. of earlier sprot, ME, OE (c. G Sprott); appar. same …

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  • 10Sprat — Sprat, Jack →↑Jack Sprat …

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