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capelin

cap·e·lin [ ˈka-p(ə-)lən]

capelin

noun

[ˈka-p(ə-)lən]

Definition of capelin

: a small northern sea fish (Mallotus villosus) of the smelt family

Recent Examples on the Web

//In the Atlantic, southern species such as capelin and Atlantic copepod are already encroaching in Arctic waters where they were not previously found.
— Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, "What Will Be the Last Fish?," 10 Dec. 2018
//Plentiful in Alaska, murres eat finger-length forage fish such as capelin and juvenile pollock.
— Dan Joling, The Seattle Times, "Alaska seabird deaths continue trend tied to warming ocean," 11 Aug. 2018
//Half the kick comes from ginger, and the pop from tiny beads of masago (capelin roe).
— Author: Ligaya Mishan, Anchorage Daily News, "Heading home to Hawaii in search of poke," 10 Jan. 2018
//Half the kick comes from ginger, and the pop from tiny beads of masago (capelin roe).
— Author: Ligaya Mishan, Anchorage Daily News, "Heading home to Hawaii in search of poke," 10 Jan. 2018
//Half the kick comes from ginger, and the pop from tiny beads of masago (capelin roe).
— Author: Ligaya Mishan, Anchorage Daily News, "Heading home to Hawaii in search of poke," 10 Jan. 2018
//Half the kick comes from ginger, and the pop from tiny beads of masago (capelin roe).
— Author: Ligaya Mishan, Anchorage Daily News, "Heading home to Hawaii in search of poke," 10 Jan. 2018
//Half the kick comes from ginger, and the pop from tiny beads of masago (capelin roe).
— Author: Ligaya Mishan, Anchorage Daily News, "Heading home to Hawaii in search of poke," 10 Jan. 2018
//Half the kick comes from ginger, and the pop from tiny beads of masago (capelin roe).
— Author: Ligaya Mishan, Anchorage Daily News, "Heading home to Hawaii in search of poke," 10 Jan. 2018

First Known Use of capelin

1620, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for capelin

Canadian French capelan, from French, codfish, from Old Occitan, chaplain, codfish, from Medieval Latin cappellanus chaplain — more at chaplain

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