name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sparling
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noun
Meaning 2
A European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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Synonyms: sperling
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the common smelt of Europe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: smelt
noun
Meaning 4
common smelt of Europe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: European smelt
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: smelt
History
Etymology
From Middle English sperlynge, shortened from Old French esperlinge, a Germanic borrowing, found in German Spiering, Spierling, Middle Low German spirling, Middle Dutch spierling, suffixed from the word now Dutch spier (“spar, pole; muscle”). See also sparrow for a homonymic bird-name.