| slovo | definícia |
Capelan
(gcide) | Capelan \Cap"e*lan\, n. (Zool.)
See Capelin.
[1913 Webster] |
capelan
(gcide) | Capelin \Cape"lin\, n. [Cf. F. capelan, caplan.] (Zool.)
Either of two small marine fishes formerly classified in the
family Salmonid[ae], now within the smelt family
Osmeridae: Mallotus villosus, very abundant on the coasts
of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska; or {Mallotus
catervarius}, found in the North Pacific. The Atlantic
variety has been used as a bait for the cod. [Written also
capelan and caplin.]
[1913 Webster + PJC]
Note: This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the
Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina.
However the anchovy used as a food is a different
fish. --Fisheries of U. S. (1884).
[1913 Webster + PJC] |
capelan
(wn) | capelan
n 1: very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine
mammals and other fishes [syn: capelin, capelan,
caplin] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Capelan
(gcide) | Capelan \Cap"e*lan\, n. (Zool.)
See Capelin.
[1913 Webster]Capelin \Cape"lin\, n. [Cf. F. capelan, caplan.] (Zool.)
Either of two small marine fishes formerly classified in the
family Salmonid[ae], now within the smelt family
Osmeridae: Mallotus villosus, very abundant on the coasts
of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska; or {Mallotus
catervarius}, found in the North Pacific. The Atlantic
variety has been used as a bait for the cod. [Written also
capelan and caplin.]
[1913 Webster + PJC]
Note: This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the
Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina.
However the anchovy used as a food is a different
fish. --Fisheries of U. S. (1884).
[1913 Webster + PJC] |
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