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whitebait
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun whitebait has 2 senses
- whitebait(n = noun.food) Array - minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole; Array is a kind of herring
- whitebait(n = noun.animal) Array - the edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts; Array is a member of malacopterygian, soft-finned fish
is a kind of young fish
CIDE DICTIONARY
whitebait, n.
The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
whitebait, n. (pl. same)
1 (usu. pl.) the small silvery-white young of herrings and sprats esp. as food.
2 NZ a young inanga.
1 (usu. pl.) the small silvery-white young of herrings and sprats esp. as food.
2 NZ a young inanga.
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