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capelin n. 香鱼科之小鱼[食用] 香鱼科之小鱼[食用] capelin n 1: very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes [ synonym: { capelin}, { capelan}, { caplin}] Capelin \ Cape" lin\, n. [ Cf. F. capelan, caplan.] ( Zool.) 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, Newfoundland, and Alaska; or { Mallotus catervarius}, found in the North Pacific. The Atlantic variety has been used as a bait for the cod. [ Written also { capelan} and { caplin}.] [ 1913 Webster PJC] Note: This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina. However the { anchovy} used as a food is a different fish. -- Fisheries of U. S. ( 1884). [ 1913 Webster PJC]
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