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Webster 1913 Edition

Sparling

Spar′ling

,

Noun.

[Akin to G.

spierling

,

spiering

, D.

spiering

: cf. F.

éperlan

.]

(Zool.)

(a)

The European smelt (

Osmerus eperlanus

).

(b)

A young salmon.

(c)

A tern.

[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Sparling

SP'ARLING

,

Noun.

A smelt.

Definition 2024

sparling

sparling

English

Noun

sparling ‎(plural sparlings)

The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
A young salmon.
(Britain, Scotland, dialect) A tern.