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• capelin — [kap′ə lin΄] n. pl. capelin or capelins [CdnFr < Fr capelan, codfish: jocular use of OProv capelan, chaplain] a small, slender smelt fish (Mallotus villosus) of northern seas, used as food and esp. as bait …   English World dictionary

• 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Capelin — This article is about the fish. For the plant genus, see Mallotus (plant). Capelin Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

• Fish migration — Many species of salmon are anadromous and migrate long distances up rivers and streams to spawn. Many types of fish migrate on a regular basis, on time scales ranging from daily to annually or longer, and over distances ranging from a few metres… …   Wikipedia

• capelin — /kap euh lin/, n. either of two small fishes of the smelt family, Mallotus villosus, of coastal North American waters, or M. catervarius, of the North Pacific. Also, caplin. [1610 20, Amer.; < MF capelan < OPr: codfish, lit., CHAPLAIN] * * * ▪… …   Universalium

• Capelin — Lodde Lodde (Mallotus villosus) Systematik Klasse: Knochenfische (Osteichthyes) Unterklasse …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• fish — Synonyms and related words: C, C note, Chinook salmon, G, G note, Loch Ness monster, Sunapee trout, aerial torpedo, albacore, alevin, alewife, alligator gar, amber jack, anchovy, angel fish, angle, anguille, archerfish, argusfish, babe, bait the… …   Moby Thesaurus

• capelin — [ keɪplɪn, kap ] (also caplin) noun a small fish of North Atlantic coastal waters, important as a food fish. [Mallotus villosus.] Origin C17: from Fr., from Provençal capelan, from med. L. cappellanus (see chaplain) …   English new terms dictionary

• capelin — 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• capelin — noun A small fish of the smelt family found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans, Mallotus villosus …   Wiktionary

• capelin — n. caplin, small food ocean fish that belongs to the smelt family (found in the waters of the Arctic, Iceland, Northwest United States and Scandinavia) …   English contemporary dictionary