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CLUPEA SPRATTUS

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Meaning:

Small herring processed like a sardine

Synonyms:

brisling; Clupea sprattus; sprat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Clupea sprattus" is a kind of...):

sardine (any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned)

Meronyms (parts of "Clupea sprattus"):

brisling; sprat (small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines)

Holonyms ("Clupea sprattus" is a member of...):

Clupea; genus Clupea (type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings)

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