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Sprat vs Mackerel - What's the difference?

sprat | mackerel |

As nouns the difference between sprat and mackerel

is that sprat is any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus genus: Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae while mackerel is an edible fish of the family Scombridae, often speckled.

sprat

English

(wikipedia sprat)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus , in the family Clupeidae.

    • See also

    * pilchard * sardine * a sprat to catch a mackerel

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • floor, story/storey (level )

    • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun , sprat, spratovi , sprata, spratova , spratu, spratovima , sprat, spratove , sprate, spratovi , spratu, spratovima , spratom, spratovima }}

    Quotations

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    mackerel

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) maquerel, from a (etyl) source.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An edible fish of the family Scombridae, often speckled.
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    Derived terms
    * * * * * holy mackerel * horse mackerel * a sprat to catch a mackerel * * mackerel shark * mackerel sky * * Spanish mackerel
    Related terms
    * scombral
    See also
    * tuna

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) maquerel, (etyl) maquereau, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A pimp; also, a bawd.
    • (Halliwell)