whitebait

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white·bait /ˈwaɪtbeɪt/ noun [uncountable]  HBFvery young fish of several types, used as food 银鱼〔供食用的几种小鱼〕 deep-fried whitebait 油炸银鱼

Examples from the Corpus

whitebait• The accent is again on fish, including seafood platters of king prawns, crab and whitebait.• When I first moved into my dressing room at the Lyceum, it gave off a heady fragrance of drains and whitebait.

white·bait nounChineseSyllable  

as food young very of Corpus fish used types, several

whitebait
white‧bait /ˈwaɪtbeɪt/ noun [uncountable]
very young fish of several types, used as food:
    deep-fried whitebait

white·baitBrE /ˈwaɪtbeɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwaɪtbeɪt/ 🔊 noun [plural] very small young fish of several types that are fried and eaten whole 小鲱鱼（可食用）