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AMERICAN SMELT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Common smelt of eastern North America and Alaska
Synonyms:
American smelt; rainbow smelt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("American smelt" is a kind of...):
smelt (small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water)
Holonyms ("American smelt" is a part of...):
Osmerus mordax; rainbow smelt (important marine and landlocked food fish of eastern North America and Alaska)