资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sparling \Spar"ling\, n. [Akin to G. spierling, spiering, D.
   spiering: cf. F. ['e]perlan.] (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The European smelt ({Osmerus eperlanus}).
   (b) A young salmon.
   (c) A tern. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

'Eperlan \['E]`per`lan"\, n. [F. ['e]perlan, fr. G. spierling.
   See {Sparling}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   The European smelt ({Osmerus eperlanus}).

资料来源 : WordNet®

Osmerus eperlanus
     n : the common smelt of Europe [syn: {sparling}, {European smelt}]