sprat : Idioms & Phrases

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Sprat borer

  • (Zoöl.), the red-throated diver; so called from its fondness for sprats. See Diver.
Webster 1913

Sprat loon

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) The young of the great northern diver . Prov. Eng. (b) The red-throated diver. See Diver.
Webster 1913

Sprat mew

  • (Zoöl.), the kittiwake gull.
Webster 1913