WHITEBAIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whitebait mean? 

• WHITEBAIT (noun)
  The noun WHITEBAIT has 2 senses:

1. minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole

2. the edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts

  Familiarity information: WHITEBAIT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITEBAIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("whitebait" is a kind of...):

herring (valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("whitebait" is a kind of...):

young fish (a fish that is young)

Holonyms ("whitebait" is a member of...):

malacopterygian; soft-finned fish (any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii)