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CAPLIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does caplin mean? 

CAPLIN (noun)
  The noun CAPLIN has 1 sense:

1. very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishesplay

  Familiarity information: CAPLIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CAPLIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

capelan; capelin; caplin

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

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

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

genus Mallotus; Mallotus (capelins)


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