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Whitebait

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Noun

1. whitebait

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

2. whitebait

the edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Whitebait

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noun
1. 
the young of herrings, sprats, etc, cooked and eaten whole as a delicacy
2. 
any of various small silvery fishes, such as Galaxias attenuatus of Australia and New Zealand and Allosmerus elongatus of North American coastal regions of the Pacific

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Whitebait

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nounWord forms: plural ˈwhiteˌbait
1. 
any of the fry of various silvery fishes used as food, as herring fry
2.  US
a smelt fish (Allosmerus elongatus) of the Pacific
3. 
silverside

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Whitebait

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n.
The young of various fishes, especially the herring, considered a delicacy when fried.

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