White"bait` (?), n. Zool. (a)
The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England.
(b)
A small translucent fish (Salanx Chinensis) abundant at certain seasons on the coasts of China and Japan, and used in the same manner as the European whitebait.
© Webster 1913.