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Whitebait

noun
(pl. whitebait)
1.
Minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole.
2.
The edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts.






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"Whitebait" Quotes from Famous Books



... most of the tribes dwelling near the lake were daily found there. There were the agricultural and pastoral Wajiji, with their flocks and herds; there were the fishermen from Ukaranga and Kaole, from beyond Bangwe, and even from Urundi, with their whitebait, which they called dogara, the silurus, the perch, and other fish; there were the palm-oil merchants, principally from Ujiji and Urundi, with great five-gallon pots full of reddish oil, of the consistency of butter; ...
— How I Found Livingstone • Sir Henry M. Stanley



Words linked to "Whitebait" :   young fish, malacopterygian, soft-finned fish, herring



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