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brisling

DEFINITIONS OF: brisling

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n small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines

Synonyms:
sprat
Type of:
herring
valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled

n small herring processed like a sardine

Synonyms:
Clupea sprattus, sprat
Type of:
sardine
any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
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