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Definition of Clupea sprattus
1. Noun. Small herring processed like a sardine.
Group relationships: Clupea, Genus Clupea
Generic synonyms: Sardine
Terms within: Brisling, Sprat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clupea Sprattus
Literary usage of Clupea sprattus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1836)
"Sprat Herring Clupea sprattus, Blach. White Herring Clupea alba, Fair. Pilchard
Herring Clupea pilchardus, Bl. Shad Herring Clupea finta, Cuv. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1863)
"... that specimens so caught had been closely compared with the sprat or garvey (Clupea
sprattus), and with the herring (Clupea harengus), ..."
3. Transactions by Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1870)
"It will bfe thus seen, that Mr. Couch agrees with me in thinking, that this
so-called species can no longer be maintained. Clupea sprattus (L.) Sprat. ..."
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