Definitions for capelins

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capelins cap·e·lin

Spelling: [kap-uh-lin]

IPA: /ˈkæp ə lɪn/

Capelins is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 521 anagrams from letters in capelins (aceilnps).

Definitions for capelins

noun

1. either of two small fishes of the smelt family, Mallotus villosus, of coastal North American waters, or M. catervarius, of the North Pacific.

Origin of capelins

1610-20, Americanism; Middle French capelan Old Provençal: codfish, literally, chaplain

Examples for capelins

Minke whales feed primarily on small shoal fish (herring, cod, pollack, and capelin).

Belugas feed on a variety of fishes (including cod and capelin), on squid, and on a variety of benthic crustaceans.

Malcolm had many friends and there had been great preparations in capelin Bay.

Fish were scarce, capelin never struck in, fur could not be got.

Spring and summer concentrations along the Canadian coast correspond to concentrations of capelin, cod, and herring.

Humpback whales congregate in these areas to feed upon the summer blooms of euphausiids, herring, and capelin.