Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The young of various fishes, especially the herring, considered a delicacy when fried.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name used in New Zealand for the young fry of Galaxias attenuatus, a fish of the family Galaxidæ; also the young of the New Zealand smelt, Retropinna Richardsonii.
- noun A small clupeoid fish, prized as a delicacy in England.
- noun A Chinese salmonoid fish, Salanx sinensis. See
Salanx .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England.
- noun A small translucent fish (
Salanx Chinensis ) abundant at certain seasons on the coasts of China and Japan, and used in the same manner as the European whitebait.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
young of variousspecies offish , especiallyherrings ,sprats orsmelts , serveddeep fried as astarter orsnack
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole
- noun the edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts
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Examples
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Scientists from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) and the Mahurangi Technical Institute (MTI) have been catching and tagging farmed rare giant kokopu, which in their infancy make up part of the group known as whitebait, to reintroduce the species to Auckland waterways.
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The whitebait is a young fish, but much smaller than Meditteranean Whitebait, without bones and a milder taste.
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I cheated: I had the whitebait, it freaked people out.
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For good reason – they serve a reliably good range of tapas including pescadito frito (whitebait) gambas rebozadas (prawns in a light batter), mussels, sausages and the whole kaboodle.
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I think you'd fry them and eat them whole, with a little lemon, like shishamo or whitebait.
Woman Fries And Eats Pet Goldfish After Fight With Ex-Husband 2009
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For good reason – they serve a reliably good range of tapas including pescadito frito (whitebait) gambas rebozadas (prawns in a light batter), mussels, sausages and the whole kaboodle.
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I think you'd fry them and eat them whole, with a little lemon, like shishamo or whitebait.
Woman Fries And Eats Pet Goldfish After Fight With Ex-Husband 2009
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Fisherman say whitebait catches have fallen to a fifth of their peak.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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Fisherman say whitebait catches have fallen to a fifth of their peak.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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Fisherman say whitebait catches have fallen to a fifth of their peak.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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