sprats in English

noun
1
a small marine fish of the herring family, widely caught for food and fish products.
However, they are now firmly identified, at least so far as Britain is concerned, as the fry of various fish of the herring family, but mainly of the herring itself and the sprat .
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1. 1 Yet numerous younger sprats swam with a gang too.

2. One of Estonia's national dishes is räim (Baltic dwarf herring), along with sprats.

3. It is a great shoal of sprats that has assembled in these inshore waters.

4. 3 It is a great shoal of sprats that has assembled in these inshore waters.

5. Once a shoal of respectable dace are attracted in by your feeding, the sprats and minnows will be shouldered out.

6. Or the filling can be anchovies, herring, salmon, sardines, sprats, mushrooms, minced meat, or cottage cheese —served separately or in combinations.

7. 12 Once a shoal of respectable dace are attracted in by your feeding, the sprats and minnows will be shouldered out.

8. Cod eat sprats, a small, herring-like species that eat microscopic marine creatures called zooplankton that in turn eat the algae.

9. " She suggests that the extensive gift shop and nostalgia-channelling Soviet-style cafe – featuring "Russian-style sprats" and a minimal "Nostalgija" borsch – make it a "Stalinist amusement park".