WHITEBAIT

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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

2.
n.

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.


← WHITEBACK W — all words WHITEBEAM →