Capelin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Capelin is a noun meaning A fish of species Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
Meaning
A fish of species Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
Example Sentences
Capelin are widely distributed in the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, and Sea Okhotsk, and along the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Capelin is a relatively small, pelagic species found in the North-East Atlantic, the Barents Sea, Southwest of Greenland, off the coast of Labrador, and around Newfoundland.
The birds are spread - so that we can see what they are like; and the men catching capelins are elevated up out of the umiak, where they practically float on the gunwale, so that we can perceive that they are the main figures and see their work-movements (fig. 250).
Word Forms
- capelins
Synonyms for capelin
Depending on context, synonyms include caplin, capelan.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include caplin, capelan, site, capling, smelt, lodde.
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