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Capelan Capelan Cap"e*lan, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See Capelin.
capelan Capelin Cape"lin, n. [Cf. F. capelan, caplan.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family
Salmonid[ae], very abundant on the coasts of Greenland,
Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for
the cod. [Written also capelan and caplin.]
Note: This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the
Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina.
--Fisheries of U. S. (1884).