bloater
[ bloh-ter ]
/ ˈbloʊ tər /
noun
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
a mackerel similarly cured.
a freshwater cisco, Coregonus hoyi, found in the Great Lakes.
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Origin of bloater
1825–35; bloat (adj.) + -er1
Words nearby bloater
B.LL., BL Lac object, BLM, bloat, bloated, bloater, blob, bloc, Blocadren, Bloch, Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome
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bloater
/ (ˈbləʊtə) /
noun
a herring, or sometimes a mackerel, that has been salted in brine, smoked, and cured
British slang a fat or greedy person
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