CAPELIN


Meaning of CAPELIN in English

/kap"euh lin/ , n.

either of two small fishes of the smelt family, Mallotus villosus, of coastal North American waters, or M. catervarius, of the North Pacific.

Also, caplin .

[ 1610-20, Amer.; capelan ]

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