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cap⋅lin

  [kap-lin]
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–noun
capelin.
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cap⋅e⋅lin

  [kap-uh-lin]
–noun
either of two small fishes of the smelt family, Mallotus villosus, of coastal North American waters, or M. catervarius, of the North Pacific.
Also, caplin.

Origin:
1610–20, Americanism; < MF capelan < OPr: codfish, lit., chaplain
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cap·e·lin   (kāp'ə-lĭn, kāp'lĭn)   
n.  A small edible marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of northern Atlantic and Pacific waters, related to and resembling the smelt.

[Canadian French capelan, from French, codfish, from Old Provençal, from Medieval Latin cappelānus; see chaplain.]
cap·lin   (kāp'lĭn)   
n.  Variant of capelin.
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