3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Smelt \Smelt\, n. [AS. smelt, smylt; akin to Dan. smelt.] 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus {Osmerus} and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste. [1913 Webster] Note: The most important species are the European smelt ({Osmerus eperlans}) (called also {eperlan}, {sparling}, and {spirling}), the Eastern American smelt ({Osmerus mordax}), the California smelt ({Osmerus thalichthys}), and the surf smelt ({Hypomesus olidus}). The name is loosely applied to various other small fishes, as the lant, the California tomcod, the spawn eater, the silversides. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: A gull; a simpleton. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] {Sand smelt} (Zool.), the silverside. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sparling \Spar"ling\, n. [Akin to G. spierling, spiering, D. spiering: cf. F. ['e]perlan.] (Zool.) (a) The European smelt ({Osmerus eperlanus}). (b) A young salmon. (c) A tern. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: sparling n 1: common smelt of Europe [syn: {European smelt}] 2: the common smelt of Europe [syn: {European smelt}, {Osmerus eperlanus}]
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