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caplin

[kap-lin]

noun

  1. capelin.



caplin

/ ˈkæplɪn /

noun

  1. a variant of capelin

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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We were at tea in Aunt Amanda’s cottage; the table was spread with dried caplin, bread and butter, and tea, for Aunt Amanda, the Scotsman who was of the harbour, and me.

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The dog happened to be down at the shore, forlornly searching for sculpins and caplin.

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The first manifestation of the annual visit is the arrival of enormous schools of caplin, a little silvery fish some seven inches long that invades the bays and 98 the open sea.

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Our folk were waiting for the bait-skiff, which had long been gone for caplin, skippered, this time, by the fool of Twist Tickle.

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The squid or cuttle, herrings, caplin, any meat, or even a false fish of bright tin or pewter.

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Capletcap. moll.