capelin
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- noun
- /ˈkæpəlɪn/
- UK
- At this point, while shooting birds on the ground that did not move much, this photographer was able to capture the puffins in pairs, alone, and with or without capelin, the fish abundant in the area.
- capelin and herring
Examples
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Inexpensive sources of high-protein herring and capelin meal will provide Canadians with an independent supply of inexpensive feed as the cost of feed continues to grow in world markets.
Academic text (1990) -
Mackerel, sardines, herring, blue runner, mullet, capelin, butterfish.
Fiction book (1990) -
Abundant stocks of herring and capelin in Canadian waters are an important long-term asset that will benefit Canadian fish farmers in the future.
Academic text (1990) -
The main component of the Northern Fur Seal diet is fish such as herring, anchovy, pollack, and capelin, as well as squid.
Academic text (2004) -
Other species include sculpin, eulachon, capelin, shark, skates, smelt, and octopus. Nonspecified species.
Academic text (2008) -
Over 24 species, including sand lance, silver hake, Atlantic cod, capelin, and flatfish, were identified from scats collected on Sable Island (Bowen and Harrison, 1994).
Academic text (2000) -
From late May to July, and sometimes until August, herring and capelin spawn in northern Bristol Bay and along the coast south of Norton Sound (Frost et al. 18). Spotted seals feed intensively on these fish as they approach the coast prior to and during spawning (Burns et al. 6; Frost et al. 18).
Academic text (1997) -
Every summer, thousands of beluga whales congregate at the mouth of the Churchill River to feed on schools of capelin, a small, oily fish.
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The main component of the Northern Fur Seal diet is fish such as herring, anchovy, pollack, and capelin, as well as squid.
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Meanwhile, the keystone species of the entire ecosystem—the humble capelin—has again become the target of a sizeable fishery.
Synonyms
A small fish that lives in cold northern seas and feeds seabirds and bigger sea animals
A very small northern fish eaten by seabirds, seals, and other fish
Surface Forms
Etymology
Capelin probably comes from a French sea name capelan, with the ending -in meaning 'small'. So think of capelin as a little fish, which fits its modern use for the small Arctic fish that many sea animals eat.