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C0082700 (kăp′ə-lĭn, kăp′lĭn) also cap·lin (kăp′lĭn)n. A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of northern waters, closely related to the smelts and valued especially for its roe.

[Canadian French capelan, from French, codfish, from Old Provençal, from Medieval Latin cappelānus; see chaplain.]

capelin

(ˈkæpəlɪn) or

caplin

n (Animals) a small marine food fish, Mallotus villosus, occurring in northern and Arctic seas: family Osmeridae (smelts)[C17: from French capelan, from Old Provençal, literally: chaplain]

cap•e•lin

(ˈkæp ə lɪn)

n. a small food fish, Mallotus villosus, of North American coastal waters, related to the smelt. [1610–20, Amer.; < Middle French capelan < Old Provençal: codfish, literally, chaplain]

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capelin - very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishescapelan, caplinsmelt - small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern watersgenus Mallotus, Mallotus - capelins

Capelin

(Mallotus villosus), a marine fish of the family Osmeridae. Body length, up to 22 cm; weight, up to 17 g. It inhabits the northern Atlantic Ocean and the Barents, White, and Kara seas. Its subspecies, the Pacific capelin Mallotus v. socialis, is found off Canada and in the Japan, Okhotsk, Bering, Chukchi, and Laptev seas. Capelins are pelagic fish, which move in shoals and feed on planktonic crustaceans. They reach sexual maturity in the second or third year. The female deposits from 6,000 to 40,000 eggs, which are benthic. Spawning occurs on sandy shores or on sandbars. Capelins are commercially valuable.

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noun very small northern fish

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