"spurling" meaning in English

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          "text": "CHERRY. A species of smelt or spurling, taken in the Frith of Tay.",
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          "text": "Sparling / Variants: Spurling, Sperling, Spirling / […] / denoting some kind of small fish, perhaps smelt, sprat, pilchard, or whiting. It may have been given to someone who caught, sold, or resembled such fish.",
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