Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of northern waters, closely related to the smelts and valued especially for its roe.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
caplin .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Either of two small marine fishes formerly classified in the family
Salmonidæ , now within the smelt familyOsmeridae :Mallotus villosus , very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska; orMallotus catervarius , found in the North Pacific. The Atlantic variety has been used as a bait for the cod.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small fish of the
smelt family found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans,Mallotus villosus.
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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Mature fish feed on krill and small fish such as capelin and herring and undertake extensive feeding migrations.
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Polar cod is an extremely important prey item for most arctic seabirds, but other small school-forming species (such as capelin and herring in the Barents Sea) are extremely important regionally.
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Mature fish feed on krill and small fish such as capelin and herring and undertake extensive feeding migrations.
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One fish that comes close is a smelt known as the capelin (
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One fish that comes close is a smelt known as the capelin (
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One fish that comes close is a smelt known as the capelin (
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One fish that comes close is a smelt known as the capelin (
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One fish that comes close is a smelt known as the capelin (
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Adult harp seals feed mainly on small marine fish such as capelin, herring, sculpins (
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Just as he had done to the last few trays of capelin roe, the reporter graciously turned it down.
From Do-Si-Dos to Icelandic Butter Marshall Heyman 2010
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