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Capelin
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Capelin'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/capelin.html. 1828.