CAPELAN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes

Synonyms:

capelan; capelin; caplin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("capelan" is a kind of...):

smelt (small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters)

Holonyms ("capelan" is a member of...):

genus Mallotus; Mallotus (capelins)