Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brisling

2 senses of brisling

Sense 1
sprat, brisling -- (small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines)
       => herring -- (valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled)

Sense 2
brisling, sprat, Clupea sprattus -- (small herring processed like a sardine)
       => sardine -- (any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned)