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Definition: O mordax
Smelt
\Smelt\, n. [AS. smelt, smylt; akin to Dan. smelt.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small silvery
salmonoid fishes of the genus
Osmerus and allied genera,
which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become
landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a
peculiar odor and taste.
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Note: The most important species are the European smelt
(
Osmerus eperlans) (called also
eperlan,
sparling, and
spirling), the Eastern American smelt
(
O. mordax), the California smelt (
O. thalichthys),
and the surf smelt (
Hypomesus olidus). The name is
loosely applied to various other small fishes, as the
lant, the California tomcod, the spawn eater, the
silverside.
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2. Fig.: A gull; a simpleton. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Sand smelt (Zo["o]l.), the silverside.
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