whitebait

English Thesaurus

1. the edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	young fish,
definition	:	a fish that is young (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	malacopterygian, soft-finned fish,
definition	:	any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii (noun.animal)

2. minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole (noun.food)

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