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Noun: rainbow smelt
  1. Common smelt of eastern North America and Alaska
    - American smelt
     
  2. Important marine and landlocked food fish of eastern North America and Alaska
    - Osmerus mordax

Derived forms: rainbow smelts

Type of: smelt

Part of: genus Osmerus, Osmerus

Encyclopedia: Rainbow smelt