sparling
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spar·ling
(spär'lĭng) 
n.
n.
- The common European smelt (Osperus eperlanus).
- A young or immature herring.
[Middle English sperlinge, from Old French esperlinge, of Germanic origin, akin to Middle Dutch spierlinc.]
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