"capelin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: capelins [plural], capelin [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French capelan, from Provençal and Old Occitan capelan, from Late Latin cappellānus (“chaplain”). Doublet of chaplain. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|capelan}} Middle French capelan, {{der|en|prv|-}} Provençal, {{der|en|pro|capelan}} Old Occitan capelan, {{der|en|LL.|cappellānus||chaplain}} Late Latin cappellānus (“chaplain”), {{doublet|en|chaplain}} Doublet of chaplain Head templates: {{en-noun|s|capelin}} capelin (plural capelins or capelin)
  1. Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. Wikipedia link: capelin Categories (lifeform): Smelts Translations (small fish): lodde [feminine] (Dutch), lodna [feminine] (Faroese), villakuore (Finnish), capelan [masculine] (French), Lodde [feminine] (German), Kapelan [masculine] (German), ammassak (Greenlandic), loðna [feminine] (Icelandic), capelain [masculine] (Norman), gromadnik [masculine] (Polish), kapelan [masculine] (Polish), мо́йва (mójva) [feminine] (Russian), capelán [masculine] (Spanish), lodda [common-gender] (Swedish), kaplin balığı (Turkish), moyva (Turkish), cá trứng (Vietnamese)

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