Capelan

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A fish of the family Gadidæ, Gadus minutus, the poor.
  • noun. Same as caplin.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See capelin.
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  • noun. Alternative form of capelin.
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  • noun. very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes
    • Word Usage
    "The Soviet Union with their fleet were overquota fishing on cod, herring and capelan."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    smelt  
    variant
    capelin  
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