capelin
/ˈkæpəlɪn/
capelin noun: a fish of species Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
Noun
capelin (plural capelins or capelin)
- A fish of species Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
- The birds are spread - so that we can see what they are like; and the men catching capelins are elevated up out of the umiak, where they practically float on the gunwale, so that we can perceive that they are the main figures and see their work-movements (fig. 250).1983, Bodil Kaalund, translated by Kenneth Tindall, The Art of Greenland: Sculpture, Crafts, Painting, page 161
- Capelin are widely distributed in the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, and Sea Okhotsk, and along the Kamchatka Peninsula.1996, (US) National Academy of Sciences, The Bering Sea Ecosystem, page 107
capelin meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese
capelin in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
capelin in Vietnamese
- small fish
- cá trứng
Examples of capelin in a sentence
- Capelin is a relatively small, pelagic species found in the North-East Atlantic, the Barents Sea, Southwest of Greenland, off the coast of Labrador, and around Newfoundland.2009, Áslaug Ásgeirsdóttir, Who Gets What?, page 20:
- At risk were local wildlife — migratory birds and the capelin and lobster that local fish harvesters rely on for their livelihoods.2025 December 29, Lindsay Jones, “A Newfoundland winter brings new risks to Coast Guard's biggest-ever operation. Crews at mercy of the...
Forms of capelin
| plural | capelins |
|---|---|
| plural | capelin |
Origin of capelin
Borrowed from Middle French capelan, from Provençal and Old Occitan capelan, from Late Latin cappellānus (“chaplain”). Doublet of chaplain.
Words formed from capelin
- Capelin Cove
Questions about capelin
- What does capelin mean?
- Capelin means a fish of species Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
- What is capelin in Tamil?
- Capelin in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Capelin meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use capelin in a sentence?
- Capelin is a relatively small, pelagic species found in the North-East Atlantic, the Barents Sea, Southwest of Greenland, off the coast of Labrador, and around Newfoundland.
- What part of speech is capelin?
- Capelin is a noun.
- How do you pronounce capelin?
- Capelin is pronounced /ˈkæpəlɪn/.
- What is the plural of capelin?
- The plural of capelin is capelins.
Words near capelin in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: capelin (page history and authors); capelin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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