单词 | capelin |
释义 | capelincaplinn. A small fish very similar to a smelt, found on the coast of Newfoundland, and much used as a bait for cod. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > [noun] > mallotus villosus (capelin) capelin1620 sable launce1883 1620 J. Mason Briefe Disc. New-found-land 5 June hath Capline a fish much resembling Smeltes in forme and eating. 1623 R. Whitbourne Disc. New-found-land 8 The Riuers..are stored with..Launce, Capelin, Cod, and Trouts. 1623 R. Whitbourne Disc. New-found-land 89 Capeling. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Capelan. 1825 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 12 Nov. 421 Innumerable small fry slip down unperceived, like caplins down the throats of the sharks. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. i. 102 Other Gadoids..the Haddock, the Capalan. 1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 53 Four or five whales..were feeding upon the Capelin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1620 |
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