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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the common smelt of Europe;
[syn: sparling, European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sparling \Spar"ling\, n. [Akin to G. spierling, spiering, D. spiering: cf. F. ['e]perlan.] (Zool.) (a) The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus). (b) A young salmon. (c) A tern. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

'Eperlan \['E]`per`lan"\, n. [F. ['e]perlan, fr. G. spierling. See Sparling.] (Zo["o]l.) The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus). [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Osmerus eperlanus n 1: the common smelt of Europe [syn: sparling, European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus]