whitebait

white·bait  (hwtbt, wt-)

n.

1. The young of various fishes, especially the herring, considered a delicacy when fried.

2. Any of various similar or related small edible fishes.

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whitebait [ˈwaɪtˌbeɪt]

n

1. (Cookery) the young of herrings, sprats, etc., cooked and eaten whole as a delicacy

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various small silvery fishes, such as Galaxias attenuatus of Australia and New Zealand and Allosmerus elongatus of North American coastal regions of the Pacific

[from its formerly having been used as bait]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	whitebait - minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole herring - valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
	2.	whitebait - the edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts malacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii young fish - a fish that is young

Translations

whitebait [ˈwaɪtbeɪt] N → morralla f, pescadito m frito

whitebait [ˈ^hwaɪtbeɪt] n → blanchaille f

whitebait [ˈwaɪtˌbeɪt] n → bianchetti mpl

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whitebait [ˈwaɪtˌbeɪt] n → bianchetti mpl