whitebait

white·bait

W5130100 (wīt′bāt′, hwīt′-)n. The young of various fishes, especially the herring, considered a delicacy when fried.

whitebait

(ˈwaɪtˌbeɪt) n1. (Cookery) the young of herrings, sprats, etc, cooked and eaten whole as a delicacy2. (Animals) 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[C18: from its formerly having been used as bait]

white•bait

(ˈʰwaɪtˌbeɪt, ˈwaɪt-)

n., pl. -bait. 1. a young sprat or herring. 2. a small delicate fish cooked whole without being cleaned. [1750–60; so called from use as bait]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	whitebait - minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked wholeherring - valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
	2.	whitebait - the edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smeltsmalacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygiiyoung fish - a fish that is young

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