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# sprat

«sprat» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small sea fish, like a herring but smaller** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (sprats)

### meaning for a pupil

A sprat is a small sea fish, like a herring but smaller. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprat/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fables, a small fish that stands for something small and unimportant among bigger creatures

### examples

- «I have many sprats,» said another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprat/#x1)
- The dolphins and the whales talked about the sprat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprat/#x2)

### note

a count of fish: each sprat counts as one fish

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sprat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.