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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.
Noun
sparling (plural sparlings)
- (Scotland) A European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
- Synonym: (obsolete) sperling
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) A young salmon.
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