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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
Capelin — Lodde Lodde (Mallotus villosus) Systematik Klasse: Knochenfische (Osteichthyes) Unterklasse … Deutsch Wikipedia
Capelin — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. capelin, porc élevé traditionnellement et nourri avec des châtaignes capelin, nom vernaculaire utilisé pour désigner un poisson marin, le capelan… … Wikipédia en Français
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 — /ˈkæpələn/ (say kapuhluhn) noun (plural capelin or capelins) either of two small fishes of the smelt family, of the North American coasts of the Atlantic (Mallotus villosus) and Pacific (M. catervarius). {French caplan, capelan, probably from… …
capelin — paprastoji stintenė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Mallotus villosus angl. capelin; lodde rus. дальневосточная мойва; уёк ryšiai: platesnis terminas – stintenės … Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas
capelin school — capelin scull … Dictionary of ichthyology
Capelin (poisson) — Capelan Pour les articles homonymes, voir Mallotus … Wikipédia en Français
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
