Whitebait

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England.

II. Whitebait ·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.

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