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cap·e·lin
noun
also cap·e·lan \ˈkap(ə)lə̇n\; or cap·lin \-plə̇n\; or cap·ling \-pliŋ, -lə̇n\
(-s)
Etymology: Canadian French capelan, from French, codfish, from Old Provençal capelan, cappellan chaplain, codfish, from Medieval Latin cappellanus chaplain — more at chaplain
: a small salmonoid marine fish (Mallotus villosus) related to and resembling the smelts that is very abundant off Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska and is used as food and as bait for the cod |