sprat
noun (sprats)
Everyday
A sprat is a small sea fish, like a herring but smaller. tree →
In the lessons
in fables, a small fish that stands for something small and unimportant among bigger creatures
Examples
- «I have many sprats,» said another. tree →
- The dolphins and the whales talked about the sprat. tree →
Note
a count of fish: each sprat counts as one fish
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «sprat» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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