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Meaning of "capelin" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CAPELIN

From French capelan, from Old Provençal, literally: chaplain.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CAPELIN

capelin  [ˈkæpəlɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAPELIN

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Capelin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CAPELIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

capelin

Capelin

The capelin or caplin, Mallotus villosus, is a small forage fish of the smelt family found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. In summer, it grazes on dense swarms of plankton at the edge of the ice shelf. Larger capelin also eat a great deal of krill and other crustaceans. Whales, seals, cod, squid, mackerel, beluga whales and seabirds all prey on capelin, in particular during the spawning season of the capelin while it migrates southwards. Capelin spawn on sandy beaches and sandy bottom at the age of 2–6 years, and have an extremely high mortality rate on the beaches after spawning, for males close to 100% mortality. Males reach 20 cm in length, while females are up to 25 cm long. They are olive-colored dorsally, shading to silver on sides. Males have a translucent ridge on both sides of their bodies. The ventral aspects of the males iridesce reddish at the time of spawn.

Definition of capelin in the English dictionary

The definition of capelin in the dictionary is a small marine food fish, Mallotus villosus, occurring in northern and Arctic seas: family Osmeridae.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAPELIN


Adrenalin
əˈdrɛnəlɪn
adrenaline
əˈdrɛnəlɪn
capeline
ˈkæpəlɪn
chamberlain
ˈtʃeɪmbəlɪn
cipolin
ˈsɪpəlɪn
concanavalin
ˌkɒnkəˈnævəlɪn
crinoline
ˈkrɪnəlɪn
enkephalin
ɛnˈkɛfəlɪn
formalin
ˈfɔːməlɪn
Gobelin
ˈɡəʊbəlɪn
Hamelin
ˈhæməlɪn
kaolin
ˈkeɪəlɪn
lanolin
ˈlænəlɪn
madeleine
ˈmædəlɪn
magdalen
ˈmæɡdəlɪn
naphthalene
ˈnæfθəlɪn
noradrenalin
ˌnɔːrəˈdrenəlɪn
Ritalin
ˈrɪtəlɪn
trampoline
ˈtræmpəlɪn
zeppelin
ˈzɛpəlɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAPELIN

caped
capelet
capeline
Capella
capellet
capellini
capellmeister
Capello
Capello Index
caper
caper sauce
capercaillie
capercailzie
caperer
Capernaum
capernoited
capernoitie
capers
capeskin

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAPELIN

bromelin
ermelin
ghrelin
glutelin
gridelin
javelin
Led Zeppelin
Michelin
myelin
Pied Piper of Hamelin
ravelin
sphingomyelin
tattie-peelin
the javelin
yeelin

Synonyms and antonyms of capelin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «capelin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAPELIN

Find out the translation of capelin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of capelin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «capelin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

毛鳞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

capelán
570 millions of speakers

English

capelin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

capelin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكبلين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мойвы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

capelim
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

capelin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

capelan
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Capelin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lodde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カラフトシシャモ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

capelin
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Capelin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

capelin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

capelin
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅपलीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

capelin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

capelin
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gromadnikach
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мойви
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

capelin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καπελάνου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lodde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lodda
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lodde
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of capelin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAPELIN»

The term «capelin» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.425 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAPELIN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «capelin» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «capelin» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about capelin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAPELIN»

Discover the use of capelin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to capelin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Newfoundland and Labrador Seafood Cookbook
Capelin & Smelts Towards the end of June when I was growing up, we'd wait with anticipation to hear the cry, "the capelin are in." Then we'd head to the beach equipped with buckets. There, ankle deep in capelin, we'd scoop up as many as  ...
Joan Over, 2003
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Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish
Mallotus villosus A member of the smelt family, the capelin is an important food fish for cod, pollock, salmon, seabirds, and whales. It has commercial value; females are prized for their roe, and the meat is used as animal feed and fish meal.
Ken Schultz, 2011
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The Bering Sea Ecosystem
Capelin (Mallotus villosus) Capelin are widely distributed in the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, and Sea Okhotsk, and along the Kamchatka Peninsula. They range from Juan de Fuca Strait through arctic Alaska and south to the Korean coast ( Hart, ...
Committee on the Bering Sea Ecosystem, National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, 1996
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Cod: The Ecological History of the North Atlantic Fisheries
evidence that fishing caused the decline in abundance or shift in distributions of capelin, or that fishing could have caused the changes in growth and behaviour. On the other hand, the changes coincided with rapid decreases in sea ...
George A. Rose, 2007
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Who Gets What?: Domestic Influences on International ...
The Capelin Fishery Capelin is a relatively small, pelagic species found in the North-East Atlantic, the Barents Sea, Southwest of Greenland, off the coast of Labrador, and around Newfoundland. It is also found in the Northern Pacific, along the ...
Aslaug Asgeirsdottir, 2009
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Acoustic Seabed Classification of Demersal Capelin Spawning ...
In this study, acoustic remote sensing tools and techniques were used to map, classify and characterize demersal (off beach) capelin (Mallotus villosus, Muller, 1776) spawning.
Candace Rose-Taylor, 2006
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A Little Less Arctic: Top Predators in the World's Largest ...
Thus, lower proportions of the copepod fatty acids in capelin suggests they may not preferentially feed on copepods or that capelin may rapidly metabolize these long fatty acids to shorter chain fatty acids. Capelin, however, are believed to be ...
Steven H. Ferguson, Lisa L. Loseto, Mark Laurence Mallory, 2010
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Aquatic Food Webs: An Ecosystem Approach
Piatt and Anderson (1996) demonstrated a change in seabird diets since the last major reversal of the PDO, from one that primarily comprised capelin in the late 1970s to another that contained little to no capelin in the late 1980s. Barents Sea  ...
Andrea Belgrano, 2005
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Game Theory and Fisheries: Essays on the Tragedy of Free for ...
The simple assumptions made regarding these are (i) the weight of the predator ( cod) is positively related to the density of capelin in the habitat; and (ii) the predation on capelin depends positively on the biomass of cod and the density of  ...
Ussif Rashid Sumaila, 2013
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Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet
At spawning time, capelin appear in schools of considerable size along the shores of gravelly beaches. Spawning occurs in the evening at high tide right at the water's edge. Studies of the beach both during and after spawning indicate that a ...
C. John Ralph, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAPELIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term capelin is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mayor Cautions Safety Before Crowds Flock to Beach for Capelin
There's still no sign of capelin on the northeast Avalon, but the mayor of Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove wants to set the ground rules before ... «VOCM, Jul 15»
2
Down Memory Lane
We can all relate to seeing capelin rolling on the beaches of Fortune and Placentia Bays in the thousands but it's hard to envisage our beaches ... «Southern Gazette, Jul 15»
3
Capelin may not roll onto beaches for a few more weeks
There's been few, if any, sightings of capelin on beaches along Newfoundland's east coast, and scientists anticipate it could be a few more ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
4
Rex Murphy: In Newfoundland, one must steer clear of moose …
Which sticks a lot longer and with a stench less sweet than that of rotting capelin riding a summer wind. National Post. Facebook Find National ... «National Post, Jul 15»
5
Russian seafood companies still pinched by raw material shortage
Frozen herring supplies to Russia, meanwhile, fell 54.7 percent to 19,000 metric tons and frozen capelin was down by 29.5 percent to 25,100 ... «IntraFish.com, Jul 15»
6
Surviving summer
It's really here (despite bouts of capelin-must-be-coming RDF). The solstice has come and gone, and yes, the children have had their last day of ... «The Independent News, Jun 15»
7
Sushi at a corner bar in Northern Liberties
The Jerry's Special Roll - a salmon roll wrapped with sashimi tuna and spicy sesame tuna on the top with capelin roe - at Jerry's Bar, 129 W. «Philly.com, Jun 15»
8
Familial and fishing observances
All else being equal and secure, summer job prospects are looking up for some older students keen in the ways of capelin weather and smokey ... «Western Star, Jun 15»
9
Icelandic catch up 9.5% through May
This was mainly due to the massive increase in capelin landed, with 353,700 metric tons brought in, a huge leap of 217.6 percent from the ... «IntraFish.com, Jun 15»
10
Signs of Summer
Certainly there are drizzly days, and foggy days, as we still wait for the capelin to roll. There are cold iceberg-in-the-air days, and there are ... «The Independent News, Jun 15»

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