From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwhitebaitwhite‧bait /ˈwaɪtbeɪt/ noun [uncountable] HBFvery young fish of several types, used as food deep-fried whitebait
Examples from the Corpus
whitebait• The accent is again on fish, including seafood platters of king prawns, crab and whitebait.• When I first moved into my dressing room at the Lyceum, it gave off a heady fragrance of drains and whitebait. 