Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fish of the family Gadidæ, Gadus minutus, the poor.
  • noun Same as caplin.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) See capelin.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Alternative form of capelin.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes

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Examples

  • The Soviet Union with their fleet were overquota fishing on cod, herring and capelan.

    Dave Broadfoot's Canada 1978

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