Meaning Of The Word Capelin

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capelin in American English
a small, slender smelt fish (Mallotus villosus) of northern seas, used as food and esp. as bait
noun: either of two small fishes of the smelt family, Mallotus villosus, of coastal North American waters, or M. catervarius, of the North Pacific

capelin in British English
noun: a small marine food fish, Mallotus villosus, occurring in northern and Arctic seas: family Osmeridae (smelts)

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