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brisling

brisling noun: a sprat (small herring), especially Sprattus sprattus.

Noun

brisling (plural brislings or brisling)

  1. A sprat (small herring), especially Sprattus sprattus.

Forms of brisling

pluralbrislings
pluralbrisling

Origin of brisling

From Norwegian brisling and Danish brisling, from Low German bretling, from bret (“broad”), from Middle Low German *brêd, from Old Saxon brēd.

Questions about brisling

What does brisling mean?
Brisling means a sprat (small herring), especially Sprattus sprattus.
What part of speech is brisling?
Brisling is a noun.
What is the plural of brisling?
The plural of brisling is brislings.

Words near brisling in the dictionary

  1. briskness
  2. brisknesses
  3. brisks
  4. brisks up
  5. brisky
  6. brisling
  7. brislings
  8. Brislington
  9. brismak
  10. brismaks
  11. Brisneyland

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