sprat

English Thesaurus

1. small herring processed like a sardine (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	sardine,
definition	:	any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	brisling, sprat,
definition	:	small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines (noun.food)

member meronym	:	clupea, genus clupea,
definition	:	type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings (noun.animal)

2. small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines (noun.food)

hypernym	:	herring,
definition	:	valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled (noun.food)

part meronym	:	brisling, clupea sprattus, sprat,
definition	:	small herring processed like a sardine (noun.animal)