Sprat /(sprăt)/

Sprat

n.
  1. A small European herring (Clupea sprattus) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; -- called also garvie. The name is also applied to small herring of different kinds. (Zool.)

Phrases & Compounds
Sprat borer
the red-throated diver; -- so called from its fondness for sprats. See Diver.
Sprat loon
The young of the great northern diver
Sprat mew
the kittiwake gull.