Caplin

4 definitions found

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

  Caplin \Cap"lin\, n.
     See {Capelin}.
     [1913 Webster] Caplin

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



  Caplin \Cap"lin\, Capling \Cap"ling\, n.
     The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass
     which connect the handle and swingel. --Wright.
     [1913 Webster]

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

  Capelin \Cape"lin\, n. [Cf. F. capelan, caplan.] (Zool.)
     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}.]
     [1913 Webster + PJC]
  
     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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  caplin
       n : very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine
           mammals and other fishes [syn: {capelin}, {capelan}]