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Brisling

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sprat (small herring), especially Sprattus sprattus.
  2. 2
    small herring processed like a sardine wordnet
  3. 3
    small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines wordnet

Etymology

From Norwegian brisling and Danish brisling, from Low German bretling, from bret (“broad”), from Middle Low German *brêd, from Old Saxon brēd.

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