CAPELAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does capelan mean? 

• CAPELAN (noun)
  The noun CAPELAN has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPELAN (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 ("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)