capelin
Meanings
noun
- A fish of species Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French capelan, from Provençal and Old Occitan capelan, from Late Latin cappellānus (“chaplain”). Doublet of chaplain.
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