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CAPELIN
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes
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Classified under:
Hypernyms ("capelin" is a kind of...):
smelt (small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters)
Holonyms ("capelin" is a member of...):
genus Mallotus; Mallotus (capelins)