whitebait

[hwahyt-beyt, wahyt-]

white·bait

[hwahyt-beyt, wahyt-]
noun, plural white·bait.
1.
a young sprat or herring.
2.
Cookery. any small, delicate fish cooked whole without being cleaned, especially the sprat.

Origin:
1750–60; white + bait, so called from use as bait
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Whitebait is always a great word to know.
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fried eggs turned over when nearly done and fried briefly on the reverse side so that the yolk remains somewhat liquid but hard on top.
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whitebait (ˈwaɪtˌbeɪt)
 
n
1.  the young of herrings, sprats, etc, cooked and eaten whole as a delicacy
2.  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
 
[C18: from its formerly having been used as bait]

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whitebait

any of several species of small, slim schooling fish of the family Atherinidae (order Atheriniformes), found in freshwater and along coasts around the world in warm and temperate regions

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