"sparling" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sparlings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English sperlynge, shortened from Old French esperlinge, a Germanic borrowing, found in German Spiering, Spierling, Middle Low German spirling, Middle Dutch spierling, suffixed from the word now Dutch spier (“spar, pole; muscle”). See also sparrow for a homonymic bird-name. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sperlynge}} Middle English sperlynge, {{der|en|fro|esperlinge}} Old French esperlinge, {{der|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{cog|de|Spiering}} German Spiering, {{cog|gml|spirling}} Middle Low German spirling, {{cog|dum|spierling}} Middle Dutch spierling, {{cog|nl|spier|t=spar, pole; muscle}} Dutch spier (“spar, pole; muscle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sparling (plural sparlings)
  1. (Scotland) A European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus). Tags: Scotland Categories (lifeform): Smelts Synonyms: sperling
    Sense id: en-sparling-en-noun-5TynwJv~ Disambiguation of Smelts: 91 9 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 99 1
  2. A young salmon.
    Sense id: en-sparling-en-noun-xRCV7P9c
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sperling (english: (US) young herring)

Inflected forms

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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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