sparling

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11
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15
Letters
8

Definition of sparling

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Scotland)A European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
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noun

  1. (Scotland)A European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).

name

  1. A surname.

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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.

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