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spurling

spurling is the alternative spelling of sperling.

Meaning of sperling

Noun

sperling (plural sperlings)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) A European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
    Synonyms:
    sparling
  2. (US, dialectal, obsolete) A young herring.

See all 3 meanings of sperling

Proper noun capitalized: Spurling

Spurling (plural Spurlings)

  1. A surname.

Forms of spurling

Noun
pluralspurlings
Proper noun
pluralSpurlings

Phrases with spurling

Questions about spurling

What does spurling mean?
Spurling means a surname.
What is spurling the alternative spelling of?
Spurling is the alternative spelling of sperling.
What part of speech is spurling?
Spurling is a proper noun.

Words near spurling in the dictionary

  1. spurlge
  2. spurlike
  3. Spurlin
  4. spurline
  5. spurlines
  6. spurling
  7. spurling pipe
  8. spurling pipes
  9. spurlings
  10. Spurlins
  11. Spurlock

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spurling (page history and authors); Spurling (page history and authors); sperling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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