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Noun: sparling  spaa(r)-ling
  1. Common smelt of Europe
    "Sparling were once abundant in Scottish rivers";
    - European smelt
     
  2. The common smelt of Europe
    "Sparling was once abundant in British rivers";
    - European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus

Derived forms: sparlings

Type of: smelt

Part of: genus Osmerus, Osmerus

Encyclopedia: Sparling, John