1. Small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines
   "We added some canned sprats to our picnic basket";
   - brisling
    
2. Small herring processed like a sardine
   "Sprats are commonly smoked or preserved in oil";
   - brisling, Clupea sprattus

Derived forms: sprats

Type of: herring, sardine

Part of: Clupea, genus Clupea

Encyclopedia: Sprat, Thomas