Bloater

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bloater \Bloat"er\ (-[~e]r), n. [See {Bloat}, {Blote}.]
     The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half
     dried; -- called also {bloat herring}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  bloater
       n : large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked