Crossword clues for caplin
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Capelin \Cape"lin\, n. [Cf. F. capelan, caplan.] (Zo["o]l.) Either of two small marine fishes formerly classified in the family Salmonid[ae], now within the smelt family Osmeridae: Mallotus villosus, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska; or Mallotus catervarius, found in the North Pacific. The Atlantic variety has been 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.
However the anchovy used as a food is a different
fish.
--Fisheries of U. S. (1884).
[1913 Webster + PJC] ||
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (alternative form of capelin English) Etymology 2
alt. The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass that connect the handle and swingel. n. The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass that connect the handle and swingel.
WordNet
Usage examples of "caplin".
The caplin is a small fish, about the size of a smelt or a little larger, and is caught in the neighborhood of Hamilton Inlet and south.
Therefore when feeding time came, seal blubber, of which there was an abundant supply in the igloo, fell to the lot of the animals, while our drivers and hosts appropriated the caplin to themselves.
A gurt fish with a barbel under its chin, that loved almost any bait you could name, but squid and caplin most.