"whitebait" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: whitebaits [plural]
Etymology: white + bait Etymology templates: {{compound|en|white|bait}} white + bait Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} whitebait (countable and uncountable, plural whitebaits)
  1. The young of various species of fish, especially herrings, sprats or smelts Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Fish Translations (young of various species of fish): nambana (Bislama), blanchaille (english: uncooked) [feminine] (French), petite friture (english: fried) [feminine] (French), 白子 (alt: しらす) (Japanese), īnanga (Maori), v'nîse [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), igaga (Samoan), ainanga (Tok Pisin), hā (Tongan)
    Sense id: en-whitebait-en-noun-9UY9hUZ- Disambiguation of Baby animals: 49 51 0 Disambiguation of Fish: 33 35 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 46 6 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 45 52 3 Disambiguation of 'young of various species of fish': 89 11
  2. Food prepared from such fish, often deep fried and served as a starter or snack. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Fish
    Sense id: en-whitebait-en-noun-56TiOCEL Disambiguation of Baby animals: 49 51 0 Disambiguation of Fish: 33 35 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 46 6 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 45 52 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: whitebaiter, whitebaiting

Verb

Forms: whitebaits [present, singular, third-person], whitebaiting [participle, present], whitebaited [participle, past], whitebaited [past]
Etymology: white + bait Etymology templates: {{compound|en|white|bait}} white + bait Head templates: {{en-verb}} whitebait (third-person singular simple present whitebaits, present participle whitebaiting, simple past and past participle whitebaited)
  1. (intransitive) To fish for whitebait. Tags: intransitive Categories (lifeform): Fish
    Sense id: en-whitebait-en-verb-crxI3gXn Disambiguation of Fish: 33 35 32

Inflected forms

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