capelin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fish of species Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.

Word forms

capelin capelins

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French capelan, from Provençal and Old Occitan capelan, from Late Latin cappellānus (“chaplain”). Doublet of chaplain.

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