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Noun: caplin  kap-lin
  1. Very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes
    - capelin, capelan

Derived forms: caplins

Type of: smelt

Part of: genus Mallotus, Mallotus

Encyclopedia: Caplin, Paul