capelin

Noun

Meaning

A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

caplin capelan padre fish smelt chaplaincy Kaplan Caplan

Hypernyms

smelt

Anagrams

panicle pelican Calpine capline pinacle

Examples

Fishing Honningsvåg is the most northerly fishing village in Norway The Barents Sea contains the world largest remaining cod population, citation as well as an important stocks of haddock and capelin. Source: Internet

This recovery was accompanied by a decline of capelin and cod stocks. Source: Internet

While the capelin benefited from the reduced fishing, the temperature rise in the 1980s and competition for food with the herring resulted in a near disappearance of young capelin from the Norwegian Sea. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

capeless capelet capelike capeline capeline bandage Capeling