|
|
1. (n.) capelin
a small food fish, Mallotus villosus, of North American coastal waters, related to the smelt.
Etymology: (1610–20, Amer.; < MF capelan < OPr: codfish, lit., chaplain)
|
| Definition of 'capelin' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) capelin, capelan, caplin
very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes
|
| Definition of 'capelin' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (noun) capelin
a small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'capelin' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of capelin 
