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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Capelin (0.01044 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Capelin.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: capelin capelin n : very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes [syn: capelan, caplin]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Capelin Capelin \Cape"lin\, n. [Cf. F. capelan, caplan.] (Zo["o]l.) Either of two small marine fishes formerly classified in the family Salmonid[ae], now within the smelt family Osmeridae: Mallotus villosus, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska; or Mallotus catervarius , found in the North Pacific. The Atlantic variety has been used as a bait for the cod. [Written also capelan and caplin.] [1913 Webster + PJC] Note: This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina. However the anchovy used as a food is a different fish. --Fisheries of U. S. (1884). [1913 Webster + PJC] ||

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