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sparling
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sparling has 2 senses
- sparling(n = noun.food) european smelt - common smelt of Europe; Array is a part of european smelt, osmerus eperlanus, sparling
- sparling(n = noun.animal) european smelt, osmerus eperlanus - the common smelt of Europe; Array is a kind of smelt
is a kind of smelt
is a member of genus osmerus, osmerus
has parts: european smelt, sparling
CIDE DICTIONARY
sparling, n. [Akin to G. spierling, spiering, D. spiering: cf. F. éperlan.].
The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus ). [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sparling, n. a European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus.
Etymology
ME f. OF esperlinge, of Gmc orig.
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