CAPELIN


Meaning of CAPELIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈka-p(ə-)lən ]

noun

Etymology: Canadian French capelan, from French, codfish, from Old Occitan, chaplain, codfish, from Medieval Latin cappellanus chaplain — more at chaplain

Date: 1620

: a small northern sea fish ( Mallotus villosus ) of the smelt family

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