What is (a) A smelt; a sparling. [Prov. Eng.] (b) A young herring. [Local, U.S.] called?
sperling — (a) A smelt; a sparling. [Prov. Eng.] (b) A young herring. [Local, U.S.]. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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