Usually means: Young, small fish, typically fried.
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  1. whitebait: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. whitebait: Merriam-Webster
  3. whitebait: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. whitebait: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. whitebait: Collins English Dictionary
  6. whitebait: Vocabulary.com
  7. Whitebait, whitebait: Wordnik
  8. whitebait: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. whitebait: Wiktionary
  10. whitebait: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. whitebait: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. whitebait: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. whitebait: Dictionary.com
  14. Whitebait: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Whitebait: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. whitebait: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. whitebait: Rhymezone
  18. Whitebait: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. whitebait: FreeDictionary.org
  20. whitebait: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. whitebait: TheFreeDictionary.com

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(Note: See whitebaiting as well.)

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noun:  The young of various species of fish, especially herrings, sprats or smelts
noun:  Food prepared from such fish, often deep fried and served as a starter or snack.
verb:  (intransitive) To fish for whitebait.

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