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noun
A fish of species Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: capelan, caplin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: smelt
History
Borrowed from Middle French capelan, from Provençal and Old Occitan capelan, from Late Latin cappellānus (“chaplain”). Doublet of chaplain.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
